#605C72#605C72

#605C72 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.035 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#605C72
RGB	rgb(96, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 6.51, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 13.54, 298.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.014 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.035 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6876, 11.3559, 17.4925)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#605C72 #6E725C

analogous

#5C6372 #605C72 #6B5C72

triadic

#605C72 #72605C #5C7260

tetradic

#605C72 #725C63 #6E725C #5C726B

square

#605C72 #725C63 #6E725C #5C726B

split-complementary

#605C72 #726B5C #63725C

monochromatic

#27252E #434150 #605C72 #7D7993 #9E9BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#605C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#605C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #605C72

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##605C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##605C72	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #605c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.035 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d8a9a',
    500: '#605c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #605c72;
$custom-light: #8d8a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#605c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 10.68,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4867,
    "c": 0.03517,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#605C72

secondary

#9A9D8D

accent

#B474A8

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0B0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #605C72

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

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