#6D596B#6D596B

#6D596B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.038 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D596B
RGB	rgb(109, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(306, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(306, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 1.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 11.64, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 13.69, 328.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.0325 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.038 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5326, 11.4578, 15.4584)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D596B #596D5B

analogous

#65596D #6D596B #6D5961

triadic

#6D596B #6B6D59 #596B6D

tetradic

#6D596B #6D6559 #596D5B #59616D

square

#6D596B #6D6559 #596D5B #59616D

split-complementary

#6D596B #616D59 #596D65

monochromatic

#2A2229 #4B3D4A #6D596B #8E758C #AA97A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#6D596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#6D596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D596B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D596B	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D606A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.038 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978895',
    500: '#6d596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d596b;
$custom-light: #978895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49018,
    "c": 0.03773,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D596B

secondary

#89998B

accent

#B37B75

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF1

border

#CCCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D596B

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

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