#5A5072#5A5072

#5A5072 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.056 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5072
RGB	rgb(90, 80, 114)
HSL	hsl(258, 18%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 30%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 29.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 11.89, -17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 21.53, 303.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.48% 0.0259 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(45.48% 0.056 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1217, 9.1258, 17.1445)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5072 #687250

analogous

#505772 #5A5072 #6B5072

triadic

#5A5072 #725A50 #50725A

tetradic

#5A5072 #725057 #687250 #50726B

square

#5A5072 #725057 #687250 #50726B

split-complementary

#5A5072 #726B50 #577250

monochromatic

#211E2A #3E374E #5A5072 #766996 #978DAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5A5072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5A5072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5072

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5072	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 80, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.056 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89819a',
    500: '#5a5072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5072;
$custom-light: #89819a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 17.526,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45481,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5072

secondary

#959D81

accent

#BA6EA4

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0B0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5072

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

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