#5F596B#5F596B

#5F596B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.029 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596B
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(260, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.97, 6.33, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.97, 11.33, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.015 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.029 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9450, 10.6392, 15.3840)
Luminance	0.1064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596B #656B59

analogous

#595C6B #5F596B #68596B

triadic

#5F596B #6B5F59 #596B5F

tetradic

#5F596B #6B595C #656B59 #596B68

square

#5F596B #6B595C #656B59 #596B68

split-complementary

#5F596B #6B6859 #5C6B59

monochromatic

#242128 #413D4A #5F596B #7D758C #9C96A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#5F596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5F596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596B

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596B	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)

#565C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.029 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8795',
    500: '#5f596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596b;
$custom-light: #8c8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.02949,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596B

secondary

#929789

accent

#B2769E

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596B

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

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