#5F596D#5F596D

#5F596D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.033 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596D
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(258, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 6.80, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 12.53, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.71% 0.0157 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(47.71% 0.033 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0515, 10.6818, 15.9446)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596D #676D59

analogous

#595D6D #5F596D #69596D

triadic

#5F596D #6D5F59 #596D5F

tetradic

#5F596D #6D595D #676D59 #596D69

square

#5F596D #6D595D #676D59 #596D69

split-complementary

#5F596D #6D6959 #5D6D59

monochromatic

#24222A #423D4B #5F596D #7D758E #9C97AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#5F596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#5F596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596D

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596D	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.033 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8796',
    500: '#5f596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596d;
$custom-light: #8c8796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47705,
    "c": 0.03257,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596D

secondary

#949989

accent

#B375A0

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596D

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

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