#5A445E#5A445E

#5A445E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.051 H 321.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A445E
RGB	rgb(90, 68, 94)
HSL	hsl(291, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(291, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 27.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.07, 14.66, -11.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.07, 18.77, 321.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0394 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.051 321.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3037, 7.1162, 11.5237)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A445E #485E44

analogous

#4D445E #5A445E #5E4455

triadic

#5A445E #5E5A44 #445E5A

tetradic

#5A445E #5E4D44 #485E44 #44555E

square

#5A445E #5E4D44 #485E44 #44555E

split-complementary

#5A445E #555E44 #445E4D

monochromatic

#161117 #382A3A #5A445E #7C5E82 #9B7CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#5A445E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5A445E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A445E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A445E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A445E	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B474D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a445e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 68, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.051 321.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89788b',
    500: '#5a445e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a445e;
$custom-light: #89788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a445e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42014,
    "c": 0.05063,
    "h": 321.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A445E

secondary

#758D71

accent

#B96F7A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A445E

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

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