#5A485C#5A485C

#5A485C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.040 H 323.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A485C
RGB	rgb(90, 72, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(294, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 11.67, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 14.68, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.0317 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.04 323)
XYZ	xyz(8.4653, 7.5813, 11.1405)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A485C #4A5C48

analogous

#50485C #5A485C #5C4854

triadic

#5A485C #5C5A48 #485C5A

tetradic

#5A485C #5C5048 #4A5C48 #48545C

square

#5A485C #5C5048 #4A5C48 #48545C

split-complementary

#5A485C #545C48 #485C50

monochromatic

#171217 #382D3A #5A485C #7C637E #9A829D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#5A485C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5A485C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A485C

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A485C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A485C	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a485c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 72, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.040 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897b8a',
    500: '#5a485c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a485c;
$custom-light: #897b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a485c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42775,
    "c": 0.03975,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.07581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A485C

secondary

#778B75

accent

#B57379

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A485C

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

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