#5A4E64#5A4E64

#5A4E64 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.038 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E64
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 100)
HSL	hsl(273, 12%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 22%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 22%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 9.70, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 14.62, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(44.41% 0.0244 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(44.41% 0.038 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2407, 8.5426, 13.2162)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E64 #58644E

analogous

#4F4E64 #5A4E64 #644E63

triadic

#5A4E64 #645A4E #4E645A

tetradic

#5A4E64 #644F4E #58644E #4E6364

square

#5A4E64 #644F4E #58644E #4E6364

split-complementary

#5A4E64 #63644E #4E644F

monochromatic

#1C181F #3B3342 #5A4E64 #796986 #9789A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#5A4E64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5A4E64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E64

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E64	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.038 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f90',
    500: '#5a4e64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e64;
$custom-light: #887f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 12.36,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44414,
    "c": 0.03841,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E64

secondary

#86917D

accent

#B57391

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E64

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

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