#6E5E76#6E5E76

#6E5E76 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.042 H 314.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6E5E76
RGB	rgb(110, 94, 118)
HSL	hsl(280, 11%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(280, 20%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 11.32, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 15.87, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.0295 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.042 314.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7026, 12.6286, 18.8517)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#6E5E76 #66765E

analogous

#625E76 #6E5E76 #765E72

triadic

#6E5E76 #766E5E #5E766E

tetradic

#6E5E76 #76625E #66765E #5E7276

square

#6E5E76 #76625E #66765E #5E7276

split-complementary

#6E5E76 #72765E #5E7662

monochromatic

#2E2832 #4E4354 #6E5E76 #8D7B96 #AB9DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#6E5E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#6E5E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6E5E76

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6E5E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6E5E76	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E6475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E6166

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6e5e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(110, 94, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.042 314.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#978b9d',
    500: '#6e5e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6e5e76;
$custom-light: #978b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6e5e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 110,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 11.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50606,
    "c": 0.04207,
    "h": 314.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6E5E76

secondary

#95A090

accent

#B47489

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2F0F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0D0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #6E5E76

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