#5A4E71#5A4E71

#5A4E71 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.058 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E71
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 113)
HSL	hsl(261, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 31%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 31%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.63, 12.90, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.63, 22.35, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.01% 0.0288 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(45.01% 0.058 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9208, 8.8147, 16.7983)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E71 #65714E

analogous

#4E5471 #5A4E71 #6C4E71

triadic

#5A4E71 #715A4E #4E715A

tetradic

#5A4E71 #714E54 #65714E #4E716C

square

#5A4E71 #714E54 #65714E #4E716C

split-complementary

#5A4E71 #716C4E #54714E

monochromatic

#201C29 #3D354D #5A4E71 #776795 #978BAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5A4E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5A4E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E71

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E71	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.058 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f9a',
    500: '#5a4e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e71;
$custom-light: #897f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 18.325,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45005,
    "c": 0.05793,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E71

secondary

#929C7F

accent

#BB6DA0

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0B0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E71

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

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