#68596E#68596E

#68596E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.038 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68596E
RGB	rgb(104, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(283, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(283, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.94, 10.38, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.94, 14.21, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.62% 0.0273 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(48.62% 0.038 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0953, 11.2137, 16.2761)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68596E #5F6E59

analogous

#5E596E #68596E #6E596A

triadic

#68596E #6E6859 #596E68

tetradic

#68596E #6E5E59 #5F6E59 #596A6E

square

#68596E #6E5E59 #5F6E59 #596A6E

split-complementary

#68596E #6A6E59 #596E5E

monochromatic

#28222A #483E4C #68596E #88758F #A597AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#68596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#68596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68596E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68596E	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)

#575D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.038 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938897',
    500: '#68596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68596e;
$custom-light: #938897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48621,
    "c": 0.03781,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68596E

secondary

#8E9989

accent

#B37486

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68596E

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