#6E596D#6E596D

#6E596D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.041 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E596D
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 109)
HSL	hsl(303, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(303, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 0.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 12.44, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 14.87, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.2% 0.0345 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(49.2% 0.041 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7628, 11.5642, 16.0248)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E596D #596E5A

analogous

#65596E #6E596D #6E5963

triadic

#6E596D #6D6E59 #596D6E

tetradic

#6E596D #6E6559 #596E5A #59636E

square

#6E596D #6E6559 #596E5A #59636E

split-complementary

#6E596D #636E59 #596E65

monochromatic

#2A222A #4C3E4B #6E596D #8F758E #AB97AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#6E596D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#6E596D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E596D

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E596D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E596D	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D606C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#705A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e596d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.041 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978896',
    500: '#6e596d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e596d;
$custom-light: #978896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e596d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.857,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.492,
    "c": 0.04082,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E596D

secondary

#89998A

accent

#B37774

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E596D

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

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