#5D596F#5D596F

#5D596F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.035 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D596F
RGB	rgb(93, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 6.55, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 13.62, 298.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.014 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.035 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9552, 10.6195, 16.5085)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D596F #6B6F59

analogous

#59606F #5D596F #68596F

triadic

#5D596F #6F5D59 #596F5D

tetradic

#5D596F #6F5960 #6B6F59 #596F68

square

#5D596F #6F5960 #6B6F59 #596F68

split-complementary

#5D596F #6F6859 #606F59

monochromatic

#24232B #413E4D #5D596F #7A7590 #9B97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#5D596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5D596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D596F

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D596F	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.035 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8798',
    500: '#5d596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d596f;
$custom-light: #8b8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47602,
    "c": 0.03537,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D596F

secondary

#979A8A

accent

#B474A8

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D596F

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

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