#60596B#60596B

#60596B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.030 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#60596B
RGB	rgb(96, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(263, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 6.71, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 11.43, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.0162 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.03 303)
XYZ	xyz(11.0496, 10.6931, 15.3889)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#60596B #646B59

analogous

#595B6B #60596B #69596B

triadic

#60596B #6B6059 #596B60

tetradic

#60596B #6B595B #646B59 #596B69

square

#60596B #6B595B #646B59 #596B69

split-complementary

#60596B #6B6959 #5B6B59

monochromatic

#242128 #423D4A #60596B #7E758C #9D96A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#60596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#60596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #60596B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##60596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##60596B	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)

#565C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #60596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.030 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8795',
    500: '#60596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #60596b;
$custom-light: #8d8795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#60596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47718,
    "c": 0.02977,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.10693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#60596B

secondary

#919789

accent

#B2769B

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #60596B

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

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