#5F596F#5F596F

#5F596F is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.036 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F596F
RGB	rgb(95, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(256, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 7.28, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 13.73, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.0165 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.036 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1603, 10.7253, 16.5181)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F596F #696F59

analogous

#595E6F #5F596F #6A596F

triadic

#5F596F #6F5F59 #596F5F

tetradic

#5F596F #6F595E #696F59 #596F6A

square

#5F596F #6F595E #696F59 #596F6A

split-complementary

#5F596F #6F6A59 #5E6F59

monochromatic

#25232B #423E4D #5F596F #7C7590 #9D97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#5F596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#5F596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F596F

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F596F	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.036 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8798',
    500: '#5f596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f596f;
$custom-light: #8c8798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47788,
    "c": 0.03567,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F596F

secondary

#969A8A

accent

#B474A2

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F596F

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

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