#5C596B#5C596B

#5C596B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.029 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C596B
RGB	rgb(92, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(250, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.69, 5.22, -9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.69, 11.14, 297.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.35% 0.0113 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(47.35% 0.029 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6393, 10.4815, 15.3697)
Luminance	0.1048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C596B #686B59

analogous

#595F6B #5C596B #65596B

triadic

#5C596B #6B5C59 #596B5C

tetradic

#5C596B #6B595F #686B59 #596B65

square

#5C596B #6B595F #686B59 #596B65

split-complementary

#5C596B #6B6559 #5F6B59

monochromatic

#232128 #3F3D4A #5C596B #79758C #9996A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#5C596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5C596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C596B

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C596B	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)

#555B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.029 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8795',
    500: '#5c596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c596b;
$custom-light: #8a8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47345,
    "c": 0.02893,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C596B

secondary

#959789

accent

#B276A8

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C596B

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

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