#5B495C#5B495C

#5B495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.038 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B495C
RGB	rgb(91, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(297, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(297, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 11.43, -8.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 14.13, 324.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.0313 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.038 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6285, 7.7621, 11.1668)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B495C #4A5C49

analogous

#52495C #5B495C #5C4954

triadic

#5B495C #5C5B49 #495C5B

tetradic

#5B495C #5C5249 #4A5C49 #49545C

square

#5B495C #5C5249 #4A5C49 #49545C

split-complementary

#5B495C #545C49 #495C52

monochromatic

#171318 #392E3A #5B495C #7D647E #9B839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#5B495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B495C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B495C	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.038 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897b8a',
    500: '#5b495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b495c;
$custom-light: #897b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.842,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43099,
    "c": 0.03843,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B495C

secondary

#778B76

accent

#B47377

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B495C

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

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