#5A5262#5A5262

#5A5262 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.028 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5262
RGB	rgb(90, 82, 98)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.16, 6.72, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.16, 10.51, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% 0.0169 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.028 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4380, 9.0901, 12.8103)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5262 #5A6252

analogous

#525262 #5A5262 #625262

triadic

#5A5262 #625A52 #52625A

tetradic

#5A5262 #625252 #5A6252 #526262

square

#5A5262 #625252 #5A6252 #526262

split-complementary

#5A5262 #626252 #526252

monochromatic

#1D1A1F #3B3641 #5A5262 #796E83 #978EA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#5A5262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5A5262 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5262

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5262	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 82, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.028 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88828e',
    500: '#5a5262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5262;
$custom-light: #88828e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45218,
    "c": 0.02753,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5262

secondary

#888F80

accent

#B27694

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5262

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

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