#5B4E63#5B4E63

#5B4E63 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.037 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E63
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 99)
HSL	hsl(277, 12%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(277, 21%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.1%, 21.2%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.15, 9.85, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.15, 14.18, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0253 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.037 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2905, 8.5739, 12.9675)
Luminance	0.0857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E63 #56634E

analogous

#514E63 #5B4E63 #634E61

triadic

#5B4E63 #635B4E #4E635B

tetradic

#5B4E63 #63514E #56634E #4E6163

square

#5B4E63 #63514E #56634E #4E6163

split-complementary

#5B4E63 #61634E #4E6351

monochromatic

#1C181F #3C3341 #5B4E63 #7A6985 #9989A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#5B4E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5B4E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E63

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E63	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.037 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f8f',
    500: '#5b4e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e63;
$custom-light: #897f8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 11.864,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44474,
    "c": 0.03746,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E63

secondary

#84907C

accent

#B5738C

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E63

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

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