#6D596F#6D596F

#6D596F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.042 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6D596F
RGB	rgb(109, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(295, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(295, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 12.48, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 15.65, 322.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.034 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.042 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7479, 11.5439, 16.5925)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6D596F #5B6F59

analogous

#62596F #6D596F #6F5966

triadic

#6D596F #6F6D59 #596F6D

tetradic

#6D596F #6F6259 #5B6F59 #59666F

square

#6D596F #6F6259 #5B6F59 #59666F

split-complementary

#6D596F #666F59 #596F62

monochromatic

#2A232B #4C3E4D #6D596F #8E7590 #AA97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#6D596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#6D596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6D596F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6D596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6D596F	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6d596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(109, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.042 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978898',
    500: '#6d596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6d596f;
$custom-light: #978898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6d596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 109,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49173,
    "c": 0.04241,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6D596F

secondary

#8B9A8A

accent

#B4747A

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6D596F

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

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