#5A4E60#5A4E60

#5A4E60 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.033 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E60
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 96)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(280, 19%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 18.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.94, 8.78, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.94, 12.32, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.0229 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.033 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0518, 8.4671, 12.2215)
Luminance	0.0847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E60 #54604E

analogous

#514E60 #5A4E60 #604E5D

triadic

#5A4E60 #605A4E #4E605A

tetradic

#5A4E60 #60514E #54604E #4E5D60

square

#5A4E60 #60514E #54604E #4E5D60

split-complementary

#5A4E60 #5D604E #4E6051

monochromatic

#1B171C #3A333E #5A4E60 #7A6982 #98899F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#5A4E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#5A4E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E60

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E60	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E525F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.033 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f8d',
    500: '#5a4e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e60;
$custom-light: #887f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44248,
    "c": 0.03267,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E60

secondary

#828E7C

accent

#B37589

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E60

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