#6C596D#6C596D

#6C596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.039 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6C596D
RGB	rgb(108, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(297, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 11.68, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 14.44, 323.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.032 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.039 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.5167, 11.4373, 16.0133)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6C596D #5A6D59

analogous

#62596D #6C596D #6D5964

triadic

#6C596D #6D6C59 #596D6C

tetradic

#6C596D #6D6259 #5A6D59 #59646D

square

#6C596D #6D6259 #5A6D59 #59646D

split-complementary

#6C596D #646D59 #596D62

monochromatic

#29222A #4B3D4B #6C596D #8D758E #A997AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#6C596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#6C596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6C596D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6C596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6C596D	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6c596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(108, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.039 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#968896',
    500: '#6c596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6c596d;
$custom-light: #968896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6c596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 108,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48991,
    "c": 0.03925,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6C596D

secondary

#8A9989

accent

#B37578

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6C596D

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

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