#6E596B#6E596B

#6E596B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.039 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E596B
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 107)
HSL	hsl(309, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(309, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 2.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 12.03, -7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 13.93, 329.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.12% 0.0337 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(49.12% 0.039 331)
XYZ	xyz(12.6563, 11.5216, 15.4642)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E596B #596E5C

analogous

#67596E #6E596B #6E5961

triadic

#6E596B #6B6E59 #596B6E

tetradic

#6E596B #6E6759 #596E5C #59616E

square

#6E596B #6E6759 #596E5C #59616E

split-complementary

#6E596B #616E59 #596E67

monochromatic

#2A2229 #4C3E4A #6E596B #8F758C #AB97A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#6E596B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#6E596B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E596B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E596B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E596B	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)

#595E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D606A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e596b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.039 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978895',
    500: '#6e596b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e596b;
$custom-light: #978895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e596b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49123,
    "c": 0.03859,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.11521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E596B

secondary

#89998C

accent

#B37D74

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF1

border

#CCCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E596B

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

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