#6A596D#6A596D

#6A596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.038 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A596D
RGB	rgb(106, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(291, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(291, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 10.92, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 14.03, 321.09°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.0295 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.038 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2762, 11.3132, 16.0020)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A596D #5C6D59

analogous

#60596D #6A596D #6D5966

triadic

#6A596D #6D6A59 #596D6A

tetradic

#6A596D #6D6059 #5C6D59 #59666D

square

#6A596D #6D6059 #5C6D59 #59666D

split-complementary

#6A596D #666D59 #596D60

monochromatic

#28222A #493D4B #6A596D #8A758E #A797AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#6A596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#6A596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A596D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A596D	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.038 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948896',
    500: '#6a596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a596d;
$custom-light: #948896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48785,
    "c": 0.0378,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A596D

secondary

#8B9989

accent

#B3757E

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A596D

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

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