#5A4E65#5A4E65

#5A4E65 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.040 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E65
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 101)
HSL	hsl(271, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, 9.94, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 15.21, 310.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0248 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.04 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2894, 8.5621, 13.4727)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E65 #59654E

analogous

#4E4E65 #5A4E65 #654E64

triadic

#5A4E65 #655A4E #4E655A

tetradic

#5A4E65 #654E4E #59654E #4E6465

square

#5A4E65 #654E4E #59654E #4E6465

split-complementary

#5A4E65 #64654E #4E654E

monochromatic

#1C1920 #3B3342 #5A4E65 #796988 #9789A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#5A4E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5A4E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E65

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E65	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.040 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f91',
    500: '#5a4e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e65;
$custom-light: #887f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44457,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E65

secondary

#87927D

accent

#B67292

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E65

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

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