#6A596E#6A596E

#6A596E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.039 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6A596E
RGB	rgb(106, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(289, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 11.14, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 14.56, 319.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.0298 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.039 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.3303, 11.3349, 16.2871)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6A596E #5D6E59

analogous

#60596E #6A596E #6E5968

triadic

#6A596E #6E6A59 #596E6A

tetradic

#6A596E #6E6059 #5D6E59 #59686E

square

#6A596E #6E6059 #5D6E59 #59686E

split-complementary

#6A596E #686E59 #596E60

monochromatic

#29222A #493E4C #6A596E #8A758F #A797AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#6A596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#6A596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6A596E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6A596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6A596E	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6a596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.039 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#948897',
    500: '#6a596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6a596e;
$custom-light: #948897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6a596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48824,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6A596E

secondary

#8C9989

accent

#B37480

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6A596E

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

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