#5E596A#5E596A

#5E596A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.028 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596A
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(258, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 5.73, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 10.65, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0133 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.028 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7895, 10.5650, 15.1037)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596A #656A59

analogous

#595C6A #5E596A #66596A

triadic

#5E596A #6A5E59 #596A5E

tetradic

#5E596A #6A595C #656A59 #596A66

square

#5E596A #6A595C #656A59 #596A66

split-complementary

#5E596A #6A6659 #5C6A59

monochromatic

#232127 #403D49 #5E596A #7C758B #9B96A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#5E596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#5E596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596A

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596A	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.028 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8794',
    500: '#5e596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596a;
$custom-light: #8b8794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4749,
    "c": 0.02769,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596A

secondary

#929689

accent

#B276A0

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596A

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

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