#5E596C#5E596C

#5E596C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.031 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596C
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(256, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, 6.20, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 11.86, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.0141 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.031 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8947, 10.6071, 15.6579)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596C #676C59

analogous

#595D6C #5E596C #67596C

triadic

#5E596C #6C5E59 #596C5E

tetradic

#5E596C #6C595D #676C59 #596C67

square

#5E596C #6C595D #676C59 #596C67

split-complementary

#5E596C #6C6759 #5D6C59

monochromatic

#242229 #413D4A #5E596C #7B758D #9B97A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#5E596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5E596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596C

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596C	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)

#555C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.031 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8796',
    500: '#5e596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596c;
$custom-light: #8b8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4757,
    "c": 0.0308,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596C

secondary

#949889

accent

#B375A2

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596C

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

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