#5D596A#5D596A

#5D596A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.027 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D596A
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(254, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.75, 5.36, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.75, 10.58, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.0121 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.027 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6876, 10.5125, 15.0989)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D596A #666A59

analogous

#595D6A #5D596A #65596A

triadic

#5D596A #6A5D59 #596A5D

tetradic

#5D596A #6A595D #666A59 #596A65

square

#5D596A #6A595D #666A59 #596A65

split-complementary

#5D596A #6A6559 #5D6A59

monochromatic

#232127 #403D49 #5D596A #7A758B #9A96A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#5D596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#5D596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D596A

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D596A	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.027 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8794',
    500: '#5d596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d596a;
$custom-light: #8b8794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47397,
    "c": 0.02749,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D596A

secondary

#939689

accent

#B276A4

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D596A

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

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