#68596F#68596F

#68596F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.039 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#68596F
RGB	rgb(104, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(281, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(281, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 10.61, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 14.76, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.0277 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.039 315)
XYZ	xyz(12.1501, 11.2356, 16.5645)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#68596F #606F59

analogous

#5D596F #68596F #6F596B

triadic

#68596F #6F6859 #596F68

tetradic

#68596F #6F5D59 #606F59 #596B6F

square

#68596F #6F5D59 #606F59 #596B6F

split-complementary

#68596F #6B6F59 #596F5D

monochromatic

#28232B #483E4D #68596F #887590 #A597AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#68596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#68596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #68596F

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##68596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##68596F	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#685B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #68596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(104, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.039 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#938898',
    500: '#68596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #68596f;
$custom-light: #938898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#68596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 104,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.909,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48661,
    "c": 0.03916,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.11236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#68596F

secondary

#8F9A8A

accent

#B47488

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #68596F

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

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