#5E596D#5E596D

#5E596D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.032 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596D
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(255, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 6.44, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 12.46, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.0145 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.032 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9482, 10.6285, 15.9398)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596D #686D59

analogous

#595E6D #5E596D #68596D

triadic

#5E596D #6D5E59 #596D5E

tetradic

#5E596D #6D595E #686D59 #596D68

square

#5E596D #6D595E #686D59 #596D68

split-complementary

#5E596D #6D6859 #5E6D59

monochromatic

#24222A #413D4B #5E596D #7B758E #9B97AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#5E596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5E596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596D

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596D	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.032 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8796',
    500: '#5e596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596d;
$custom-light: #8b8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47611,
    "c": 0.03236,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596D

secondary

#959989

accent

#B375A3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596D

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

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