#5E596E#5E596E

#5E596E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.034 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596E
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(254, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 6.68, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 13.06, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.0149 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.034 296)
XYZ	xyz(11.0024, 10.6502, 16.2249)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596E #696E59

analogous

#595F6E #5E596E #69596E

triadic

#5E596E #6E5E59 #596E5E

tetradic

#5E596E #6E595F #696E59 #596E69

square

#5E596E #6E595F #696E59 #596E69

split-complementary

#5E596E #6E6959 #5F6E59

monochromatic

#24222A #413E4C #5E596E #7B758F #9B97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5E596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5E596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596E

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596E	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.034 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8797',
    500: '#5e596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596e;
$custom-light: #8b8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47653,
    "c": 0.03393,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.1065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596E

secondary

#969989

accent

#B374A4

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596E

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

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