#6D596E#6D596E

#6D596E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.041 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D596E
RGB	rgb(109, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(297, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 12.27, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 15.15, 324.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.0336 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.041 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.6932, 11.5220, 16.3041)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D596E #5A6E59

analogous

#63596E #6D596E #6E5965

triadic

#6D596E #6E6D59 #596E6D

tetradic

#6D596E #6E6359 #5A6E59 #59656E

square

#6D596E #6E6359 #5A6E59 #59656E

split-complementary

#6D596E #656E59 #596E63

monochromatic

#2A222A #4B3E4C #6D596E #8E758F #AA97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#6D596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6D596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D596E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D596E	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)

#585E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.041 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978897',
    500: '#6d596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d596e;
$custom-light: #978897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.143,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49134,
    "c": 0.0412,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D596E

secondary

#8A9989

accent

#B37477

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D596E

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

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