#5B596D#5B596D

#5B596D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.032 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B596D
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(246, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(246, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.68, 5.34, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.68, 12.32, 295.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.0108 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.032 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6465, 10.4729, 15.9256)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B596D #6B6D59

analogous

#59616D #5B596D #65596D

triadic

#5B596D #6D5B59 #596D5B

tetradic

#5B596D #6D5961 #6B6D59 #596D65

square

#5B596D #6D5961 #6B6D59 #596D65

split-complementary

#5B596D #6D6559 #616D59

monochromatic

#23222A #3F3D4B #5B596D #77758E #9997AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#5B596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#5B596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B596D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B596D	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.032 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898796',
    500: '#5b596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b596d;
$custom-light: #898796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47336,
    "c": 0.03206,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B596D

secondary

#979989

accent

#B375AD

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B596D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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