#6E596F#6E596F

#6E596F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.043 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E596F
RGB	rgb(110, 89, 111)
HSL	hsl(297, 11%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(297, 20%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 19.8%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 12.86, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 15.86, 324.19°)
OKLab	oklab(49.28% 0.0352 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(49.28% 0.043 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8717, 11.6077, 16.5983)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6E596F #5A6F59

analogous

#63596F #6E596F #6F5965

triadic

#6E596F #6F6E59 #596F6E

tetradic

#6E596F #6F6359 #5A6F59 #59656F

square

#6E596F #6F6359 #5A6F59 #59656F

split-complementary

#6E596F #656F59 #596F63

monochromatic

#2B232B #4C3E4D #6E596F #8F7590 #AB97AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#6E596F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#6E596F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E596F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E596F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E596F	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C616E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e596f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 89, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.043 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978898',
    500: '#6e596f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e596f;
$custom-light: #978898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e596f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 11,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49278,
    "c": 0.04316,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E596F

secondary

#8A9A8A

accent

#B47477

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2EFF2

border

#CCCACC

text

#0D0B0D

muted

#7E7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E596F

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

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