#5E596B#5E596B

#5E596B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.029 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596B
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(257, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.87, 5.96, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.87, 11.26, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.0137 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.029 298)
XYZ	xyz(10.8418, 10.5859, 15.3792)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596B #666B59

analogous

#595D6B #5E596B #67596B

triadic

#5E596B #6B5E59 #596B5E

tetradic

#5E596B #6B595D #666B59 #596B67

square

#5E596B #6B595D #666B59 #596B67

split-complementary

#5E596B #6B6759 #5D6B59

monochromatic

#232128 #413D4A #5E596B #7B758C #9B96A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#5E596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5E596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596B

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596B	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)

#565C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.029 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8795',
    500: '#5e596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596b;
$custom-light: #8b8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4753,
    "c": 0.02925,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.10586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596B

secondary

#939789

accent

#B276A1

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596B

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

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