#5A485A#5A485A

#5A485A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.037 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A485A
RGB	rgb(90, 72, 90)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.02, 11.23, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.02, 13.64, 325.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.031 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.037 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3791, 7.5468, 10.6862)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5A485A #485A48

analogous

#51485A #5A485A #5A4851

triadic

#5A485A #5A5A48 #485A5A

tetradic

#5A485A #5A5148 #485A48 #48515A

square

#5A485A #5A5148 #485A48 #48515A

split-complementary

#5A485A #515A48 #485A51

monochromatic

#161216 #382D38 #5A485A #7C637C #9B829B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#5A485A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#5A485A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A485A

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A485A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A485A	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B494E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a485a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 72, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.037 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887b88',
    500: '#5a485a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a485a;
$custom-light: #887b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a485a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42693,
    "c": 0.03728,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A485A

secondary

#758975

accent

#B47474

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDEF

border

#CBC8CA

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A485A

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

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