#5F596A#5F596A

#5F596A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.028 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596A
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(261, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 6.10, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 10.74, 304.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.0146 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.028 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8927, 10.6183, 15.1085)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596A #646A59

analogous

#595B6A #5F596A #67596A

triadic

#5F596A #6A5F59 #596A5F

tetradic

#5F596A #6A595B #646A59 #596A67

square

#5F596A #6A595B #646A59 #596A67

split-complementary

#5F596A #6A6759 #5B6A59

monochromatic

#232127 #413D49 #5F596A #7D758B #9C96A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#5F596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#5F596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596A

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596A	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.028 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8794',
    500: '#5f596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596a;
$custom-light: #8c8794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47584,
    "c": 0.02795,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596A

secondary

#919689

accent

#B2769D

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596A

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

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