#68596B#68596B

#68596B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.034 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68596B
RGB	rgb(104, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(290, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(290, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 9.73, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 12.60, 320.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.0262 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.034 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.9348, 11.1495, 15.4304)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68596B #5C6B59

analogous

#5F596B #68596B #6B5965

triadic

#68596B #6B6859 #596B68

tetradic

#68596B #6B5F59 #5C6B59 #59656B

square

#68596B #6B5F59 #5C6B59 #59656B

split-complementary

#68596B #656B59 #596B5F

monochromatic

#272128 #483D4A #68596B #88758C #A596A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#68596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#68596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68596B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68596B	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#695B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.034 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938895',
    500: '#68596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68596b;
$custom-light: #938895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48503,
    "c": 0.03388,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68596B

secondary

#8B9789

accent

#B27680

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68596B

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

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