#6B596D#6B596D

#6B596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.038 H 322.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6B596D
RGB	rgb(107, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(294, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(294, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 11.30, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 14.23, 322.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.0307 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.039 322.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3957, 11.3749, 16.0076)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6B596D #5B6D59

analogous

#61596D #6B596D #6D5965

triadic

#6B596D #6D6B59 #596D6B

tetradic

#6B596D #6D6159 #5B6D59 #59656D

square

#6B596D #6D6159 #5B6D59 #59656D

split-complementary

#6B596D #656D59 #596D61

monochromatic

#29222A #4A3D4B #6B596D #8C758E #A897AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#6B596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#6B596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6B596D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6B596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6B596D	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6b596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(107, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.038 322.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#958896',
    500: '#6b596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6b596d;
$custom-light: #958896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6b596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 107,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48887,
    "c": 0.0385,
    "h": 322.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6B596D

secondary

#8B9989

accent

#B3757B

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F1EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6B596D

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

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