#5A425E#5A425E

#5A425E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.055 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A425E
RGB	rgb(90, 66, 94)
HSL	hsl(291, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(291, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 29.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 15.93, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 20.28, 321.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.0429 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.055 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.1848, 6.8784, 11.4840)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A425E #465E42

analogous

#4C425E #5A425E #5E4254

triadic

#5A425E #5E5A42 #425E5A

tetradic

#5A425E #5E4C42 #465E42 #42545E

square

#5A425E #5E4C42 #465E42 #42545E

split-complementary

#5A425E #545E42 #425E4C

monochromatic

#151016 #38293A #5A425E #7C5B82 #9B79A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5A425E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5A425E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A425E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A425E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A425E	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F485F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B454C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a425e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 66, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.055 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89768b',
    500: '#5a425e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a425e;
$custom-light: #89768b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a425e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41599,
    "c": 0.05478,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A425E

secondary

#738D6E

accent

#BA6E79

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0B080C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A425E

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

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