#6E596E#6E596E

#6E596E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.042 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E596E
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(300, 19%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 12.65, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 15.36, 325.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.24% 0.0349 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(49.24% 0.042 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8169, 11.5858, 16.3099)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E596E #596E59

analogous

#64596E #6E596E #6E5964

triadic

#6E596E #6E6E59 #596E6E

tetradic

#6E596E #6E6459 #596E59 #59646E

square

#6E596E #6E6459 #596E59 #59646E

split-complementary

#6E596E #646E59 #596E64

monochromatic

#2A222A #4C3E4C #6E596E #8F758F #AB97AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#6E596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6E596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E596E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E596E	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C606D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.042 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978897',
    500: '#6e596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e596e;
$custom-light: #978897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 10.553,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49238,
    "c": 0.04197,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E596E

secondary

#899989

accent

#B37474

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E596E

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

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