#5A4E72#5A4E72

#5A4E72 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.059 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E72
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(260, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.67, 13.15, -18.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.67, 22.95, 304.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.05% 0.0291 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(45.05% 0.059 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9774, 8.8373, 17.0965)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E72 #66724E

analogous

#4E5472 #5A4E72 #6C4E72

triadic

#5A4E72 #725A4E #4E725A

tetradic

#5A4E72 #724E54 #66724E #4E726C

square

#5A4E72 #724E54 #66724E #4E726C

split-complementary

#5A4E72 #726C4E #54724E

monochromatic

#211C29 #3D354E #5A4E72 #776796 #978BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5A4E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5A4E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E72

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E72	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#465473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.059 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f9a',
    500: '#5a4e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e72;
$custom-light: #897f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45054,
    "c": 0.05945,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E72

secondary

#939D7F

accent

#BB6CA1

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0B0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E72

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

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