#66596D#66596D

#66596D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.035 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#66596D
RGB	rgb(102, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(279, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(279, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 9.41, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 13.34, 314.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.0245 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.035 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8117, 11.0738, 15.9802)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#66596D #606D59

analogous

#5C596D #66596D #6D596A

triadic

#66596D #6D6659 #596D66

tetradic

#66596D #6D5C59 #606D59 #596A6D

square

#66596D #6D5C59 #606D59 #596A6D

split-complementary

#66596D #6A6D59 #596D5C

monochromatic

#27222A #463D4B #66596D #85758E #A397AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#66596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#66596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #66596D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##66596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##66596D	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#665B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #66596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(102, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.035 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#918896',
    500: '#66596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #66596d;
$custom-light: #918896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#66596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 102,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48381,
    "c": 0.03531,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#66596D

secondary

#8F9989

accent

#B3758B

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #66596D

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

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