#6E596C#6E596C

#6E596C is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.040 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E596C
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 108)
HSL	hsl(306, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(306, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 1.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 12.23, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 14.40, 328.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.0341 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.04 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7093, 11.5427, 15.7429)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E596C #596E5B

analogous

#66596E #6E596C #6E5962

triadic

#6E596C #6C6E59 #596C6E

tetradic

#6E596C #6E6659 #596E5B #59626E

square

#6E596C #6E6659 #596E5B #59626E

split-complementary

#6E596C #626E59 #596E66

monochromatic

#2A222A #4C3E4B #6E596C #8F758D #AB97A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#6E596C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#6E596C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E596C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E596C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E596C	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)

#585E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D606B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e596c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.040 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978896',
    500: '#6e596c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e596c;
$custom-light: #978896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e596c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49161,
    "c": 0.03969,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E596C

secondary

#89998B

accent

#B37A74

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF1

border

#CCCACB

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E596C

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

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