#6A596B#6A596B

#6A596B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.035 H 324.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A596B
RGB	rgb(106, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(297, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(297, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.03, 10.49, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.03, 13.01, 323.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.0287 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.035 324.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1697, 11.2707, 15.4414)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A596B #5A6B59

analogous

#61596B #6A596B #6B5963

triadic

#6A596B #6B6A59 #596B6A

tetradic

#6A596B #6B6159 #5A6B59 #59636B

square

#6A596B #6B6159 #5A6B59 #59636B

split-complementary

#6A596B #636B59 #596B61

monochromatic

#282128 #493D4A #6A596B #8B758C #A796A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#6A596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#6A596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A596B

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A596B	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.035 324.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948895',
    500: '#6a596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a596b;
$custom-light: #948895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48707,
    "c": 0.03532,
    "h": 324.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A596B

secondary

#8A9789

accent

#B27679

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A596B

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

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