#6D596C#6D596C

#6D596C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.039 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D596C
RGB	rgb(109, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(303, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(303, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 0.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 11.85, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 14.16, 326.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.0329 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.039 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5855, 11.4789, 15.7371)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D596C #596D5A

analogous

#64596D #6D596C #6D5962

triadic

#6D596C #6C6D59 #596C6D

tetradic

#6D596C #6D6459 #596D5A #59626D

square

#6D596C #6D6459 #596D5A #59626D

split-complementary

#6D596C #626D59 #596D64

monochromatic

#2A2229 #4B3D4B #6D596C #8E758D #AA97A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#6D596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6D596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D596C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D596C	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.039 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978896',
    500: '#6d596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d596c;
$custom-light: #978896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49056,
    "c": 0.03886,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D596C

secondary

#89998A

accent

#B37875

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF1

border

#CCCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D596C

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

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