#5D596D#5D596D

#5D596D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.032 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D596D
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(252, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 6.07, -10.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 12.40, 299.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.0133 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.032 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8463, 10.5760, 15.9350)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D596D #696D59

analogous

#595F6D #5D596D #67596D

triadic

#5D596D #6D5D59 #596D5D

tetradic

#5D596D #6D595F #696D59 #596D67

square

#5D596D #6D595F #696D59 #596D67

split-complementary

#5D596D #6D6759 #5F6D59

monochromatic

#24222A #403D4B #5D596D #7A758E #9A97AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#5D596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5D596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D596D

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D596D	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.032 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8796',
    500: '#5d596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d596d;
$custom-light: #8b8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47519,
    "c": 0.03222,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D596D

secondary

#969989

accent

#B375A7

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D596D

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

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