#68596D#68596D

#68596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.036 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68596D
RGB	rgb(104, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(285, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(285, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 10.16, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 13.67, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.027 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.036 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0412, 11.1921, 15.9910)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68596D #5E6D59

analogous

#5E596D #68596D #6D5968

triadic

#68596D #6D6859 #596D68

tetradic

#68596D #6D5E59 #5E6D59 #59686D

square

#68596D #6D5E59 #5E6D59 #59686D

split-complementary

#68596D #686D59 #596D5E

monochromatic

#28222A #483D4B #68596D #88758E #A597AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#68596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#68596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68596D

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68596D	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.036 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938896',
    500: '#68596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68596d;
$custom-light: #938896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48581,
    "c": 0.03648,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68596D

secondary

#8D9989

accent

#B37584

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68596D

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