#5B596E#5B596E

#5B596E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.034 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B596E
RGB	rgb(91, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(246, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(246, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, 5.59, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 12.93, 295.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.0112 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.034 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7006, 10.4946, 16.2107)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B596E #6C6E59

analogous

#59626E #5B596E #66596E

triadic

#5B596E #6E5B59 #596E5B

tetradic

#5B596E #6E5962 #6C6E59 #596E66

square

#5B596E #6E5962 #6C6E59 #596E66

split-complementary

#5B596E #6E6659 #626E59

monochromatic

#23222A #3F3E4C #5B596E #77758F #9997AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#5B596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5B596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B596E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B596E	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.034 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898797',
    500: '#5b596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b596e;
$custom-light: #898797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.714,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47378,
    "c": 0.03365,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B596E

secondary

#989989

accent

#B374AD

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B596E

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

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