#5F596E#5F596E

#5F596E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.034 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596E
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(257, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 7.04, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 13.13, 302.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.0161 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.034 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1056, 10.7034, 16.2297)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596E #686E59

analogous

#595E6E #5F596E #6A596E

triadic

#5F596E #6E5F59 #596E5F

tetradic

#5F596E #6E595E #686E59 #596E6A

square

#5F596E #6E595E #686E59 #596E6A

split-complementary

#5F596E #6E6A59 #5E6E59

monochromatic

#25222A #423E4C #5F596E #7C758F #9C97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#5F596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#5F596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596E	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.034 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8797',
    500: '#5f596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596e;
$custom-light: #8c8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47746,
    "c": 0.03411,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596E

secondary

#959989

accent

#B374A1

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596E

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

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