#5A495C#5A495C

#5A495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.038 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A495C
RGB	rgb(90, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(294, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(294, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 11.04, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 13.92, 322.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.03 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.038 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5305, 7.7116, 11.1623)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A495C #4B5C49

analogous

#51495C #5A495C #5C4955

triadic

#5A495C #5C5A49 #495C5A

tetradic

#5A495C #5C5149 #4B5C49 #49555C

square

#5A495C #5C5149 #4B5C49 #49555C

split-complementary

#5A495C #555C49 #495C51

monochromatic

#171318 #392E3A #5A495C #7B647E #9A839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5A495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5A495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A495C

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A495C	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.038 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887b8a',
    500: '#5a495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a495c;
$custom-light: #887b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42991,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A495C

secondary

#788B76

accent

#B4737A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A495C

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