#53455E#53455E

#53455E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.044 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53455E
RGB	rgb(83, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(274, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 11.38, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 16.93, 312.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.0285 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.044 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7154, 6.9035, 11.5135)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53455E #505E45

analogous

#47455E #53455E #5E455D

triadic

#53455E #5E5345 #455E53

tetradic

#53455E #5E4745 #505E45 #455D5E

square

#53455E #5E4745 #505E45 #455D5E

split-complementary

#53455E #5D5E45 #455E47

monochromatic

#151117 #342B3B #53455E #725F81 #917DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#53455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#53455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53455E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53455E	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52484E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.044 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83788b',
    500: '#53455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53455e;
$custom-light: #83788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.6,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41464,
    "c": 0.04446,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53455E

secondary

#7E8D72

accent

#B87090

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #53455E

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

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