#68596A#68596A

#68596A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.033 H 322.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68596A
RGB	rgb(104, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(293, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(293, 16%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 9.51, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 12.08, 321.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.0258 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.033 322.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8825, 11.1286, 15.1549)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68596A #5B6A59

analogous

#5F596A #68596A #6A5963

triadic

#68596A #6A6859 #596A68

tetradic

#68596A #6A5F59 #5B6A59 #59636A

square

#68596A #6A5F59 #5B6A59 #59636A

split-complementary

#68596A #636A59 #596A5F

monochromatic

#272127 #473D49 #68596A #89758B #A596A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#68596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#68596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68596A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68596A	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.033 322.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938894',
    500: '#68596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68596a;
$custom-light: #938894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.941,
    "s": 8.718,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48464,
    "c": 0.03261,
    "h": 322.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68596A

secondary

#8A9689

accent

#B2767D

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68596A

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

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