#5A485E#5A485E

#5A485E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.042 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A485E
RGB	rgb(90, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(289, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(289, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.17, 12.12, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.17, 15.75, 320.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% 0.0325 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.042 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5539, 7.6167, 11.6071)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A485E #4C5E48

analogous

#4F485E #5A485E #5E4857

triadic

#5A485E #5E5A48 #485E5A

tetradic

#5A485E #5E4F48 #4C5E48 #48575E

square

#5A485E #5E4F48 #4C5E48 #48575E

split-complementary

#5A485E #575E48 #485E4F

monochromatic

#181319 #392D3B #5A485E #7B6381 #9A829F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#5A485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#5A485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A485E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A485E	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.042 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897b8b',
    500: '#5a485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a485e;
$custom-light: #897b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.091,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42859,
    "c": 0.04232,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A485E

secondary

#798D75

accent

#B6727E

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A485E

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

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