#6D596D#6D596D

#6D596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.040 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D596D
RGB	rgb(109, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(300, 10%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(300, 18%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 12.06, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 14.65, 325.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% 0.0332 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.04 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.6390, 11.5003, 16.0190)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D596D #596D59

analogous

#63596D #6D596D #6D5963

triadic

#6D596D #6D6D59 #596D6D

tetradic

#6D596D #6D6359 #596D59 #59636D

square

#6D596D #6D6359 #596D59 #59636D

split-complementary

#6D596D #636D59 #596D63

monochromatic

#2A222A #4B3D4B #6D596D #8E758E #AA97AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#6D596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6D596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D596D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D596D	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.040 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978896',
    500: '#6d596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d596d;
$custom-light: #978896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.101,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49095,
    "c": 0.04002,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D596D

secondary

#899989

accent

#B37575

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D596D

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

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