#5E596F#5E596F

#5E596F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.035 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E596F
RGB	rgb(94, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(254, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 6.92, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 13.67, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.0153 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.035 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0571, 10.6721, 16.5132)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E596F #6A6F59

analogous

#595F6F #5E596F #69596F

triadic

#5E596F #6F5E59 #596F5E

tetradic

#5E596F #6F595F #6A6F59 #596F69

square

#5E596F #6F595F #6A6F59 #596F69

split-complementary

#5E596F #6F6959 #5F6F59

monochromatic

#24232B #413E4D #5E596F #7B7590 #9C97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#5E596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5E596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E596F

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E596F	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.035 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8798',
    500: '#5e596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e596f;
$custom-light: #8b8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47694,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E596F

secondary

#969A8A

accent

#B474A5

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E596F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →