#5F596C#5F596C

#5F596C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.031 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596C
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(259, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 18%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 17.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 6.57, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 11.93, 303.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.66% 0.0154 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(47.66% 0.031 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9979, 10.6603, 15.6627)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596C #666C59

analogous

#595C6C #5F596C #68596C

triadic

#5F596C #6C5F59 #596C5F

tetradic

#5F596C #6C595C #666C59 #596C68

square

#5F596C #6C595C #666C59 #596C68

split-complementary

#5F596C #6C6859 #5C6C59

monochromatic

#242229 #413D4A #5F596C #7D758D #9C97A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#5F596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#5F596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596C

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596C	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)

#555C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.031 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8796',
    500: '#5f596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596c;
$custom-light: #8c8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 9.645,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47664,
    "c": 0.03102,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596C

secondary

#939889

accent

#B3759F

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596C

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

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