#60596E#60596E

#60596E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.034 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#60596E
RGB	rgb(96, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.17, 7.41, -10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.17, 13.21, 304.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.0174 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.034 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2102, 10.7573, 16.2346)
Luminance	0.1076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#60596E #676E59

analogous

#595D6E #60596E #6B596E

triadic

#60596E #6E6059 #596E60

tetradic

#60596E #6E595D #676E59 #596E6B

square

#60596E #6E595D #676E59 #596E6B

split-complementary

#60596E #6E6B59 #5D6E59

monochromatic

#25222A #423E4C #60596E #7E758F #9D97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#60596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#60596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #60596E

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##60596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##60596E	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5C60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #60596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.034 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8797',
    500: '#60596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #60596e;
$custom-light: #8d8797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#60596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4784,
    "c": 0.03435,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#60596E

secondary

#949989

accent

#B3749E

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0C0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #60596E

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

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