#5D596B#5D596B

#5D596B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.029 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D596B
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 5.59, -9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 11.19, 299.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.0125 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.029 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7399, 10.5334, 15.3744)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D596B #676B59

analogous

#595E6B #5D596B #66596B

triadic

#5D596B #6B5D59 #596B5D

tetradic

#5D596B #6B595E #676B59 #596B66

square

#5D596B #6B595E #676B59 #596B66

split-complementary

#5D596B #6B6659 #5E6B59

monochromatic

#232128 #403D4A #5D596B #7A758C #9A96A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#5D596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#5D596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D596B

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D596B	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.029 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8795',
    500: '#5d596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d596b;
$custom-light: #8b8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47437,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D596B

secondary

#949789

accent

#B276A5

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D596B

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

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