#5D596E#5D596E

#5D596E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.034 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D596E
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 6.31, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 13.01, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.0136 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.034 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9005, 10.5976, 16.2201)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D596E #6A6E59

analogous

#59606E #5D596E #68596E

triadic

#5D596E #6E5D59 #596E5D

tetradic

#5D596E #6E5960 #6A6E59 #596E68

square

#5D596E #6E5960 #6A6E59 #596E68

split-complementary

#5D596E #6E6859 #606E59

monochromatic

#24222A #403E4C #5D596E #7A758F #9B97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#5D596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5D596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D596E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D596E	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.034 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8797',
    500: '#5d596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d596e;
$custom-light: #8b8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.429,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4756,
    "c": 0.03379,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D596E

secondary

#969989

accent

#B374A7

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D596E

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

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