#6B596A#6B596A

#6B596A is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.035 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B596A
RGB	rgb(107, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(303, 9%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(303, 17%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 0.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 10.66, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 12.73, 326.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.0296 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.035 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2370, 11.3114, 15.1716)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B596A #596B5A

analogous

#63596B #6B596A #6B5961

triadic

#6B596A #6A6B59 #596A6B

tetradic

#6B596A #6B6359 #596B5A #59616B

square

#6B596A #6B6359 #596B5A #59616B

split-complementary

#6B596A #616B59 #596B63

monochromatic

#282128 #4A3D49 #6B596A #8C758B #A896A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#6B596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#6B596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B596A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B596A	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)

#585D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.035 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958894',
    500: '#6b596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b596a;
$custom-light: #958894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.333,
    "s": 9.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48772,
    "c": 0.03492,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B596A

secondary

#89978A

accent

#B27976

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B596A

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

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