#5B4E66#5B4E66

#5B4E66 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.042 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E66
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 102)
HSL	hsl(273, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 24%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 23.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.27, 10.55, -11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.27, 15.92, 311.51°)
OKLab	oklab(44.6% 0.0264 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(44.6% 0.042 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4366, 8.6323, 13.7369)
Luminance	0.0863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E66 #59664E

analogous

#4F4E66 #5B4E66 #664E65

triadic

#5B4E66 #665B4E #4E665B

tetradic

#5B4E66 #664F4E #59664E #4E6566

square

#5B4E66 #664F4E #59664E #4E6566

split-complementary

#5B4E66 #65664E #4E664F

monochromatic

#1D1921 #3C3343 #5B4E66 #7A6989 #9889A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5B4E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5B4E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E66

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E66	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.042 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f91',
    500: '#5b4e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e66;
$custom-light: #897f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.5,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44602,
    "c": 0.04178,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E66

secondary

#87937D

accent

#B67291

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E66

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

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