#5B4E65#5B4E65

#5B4E65 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.040 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E65
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 101)
HSL	hsl(274, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 10.31, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 15.33, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.0261 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.04 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3873, 8.6126, 13.4773)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E65 #58654E

analogous

#504E65 #5B4E65 #654E63

triadic

#5B4E65 #655B4E #4E655B

tetradic

#5B4E65 #65504E #58654E #4E6365

square

#5B4E65 #65504E #58654E #4E6365

split-complementary

#5B4E65 #63654E #4E6550

monochromatic

#1D1920 #3C3342 #5B4E65 #7A6988 #9889A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#5B4E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5B4E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E65

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E65	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.040 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f91',
    500: '#5b4e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e65;
$custom-light: #897f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44559,
    "c": 0.04032,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E65

secondary

#86927D

accent

#B6728F

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E65

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

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