#5B4E69#5B4E69

#5B4E69 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.046 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E69
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 105)
HSL	hsl(269, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 26%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, 11.26, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 17.67, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% 0.0275 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.046 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5881, 8.6929, 14.5346)
Luminance	0.0869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E69 #5C694E

analogous

#4E4E69 #5B4E69 #684E69

triadic

#5B4E69 #695B4E #4E695B

tetradic

#5B4E69 #694E4E #5C694E #4E6968

square

#5B4E69 #694E4E #5C694E #4E6968

split-complementary

#5B4E69 #69684E #4E694E

monochromatic

#1E1A23 #3D3446 #5B4E69 #79688C #988AA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#5B4E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5B4E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E69

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E69	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49536A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#595257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.046 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f94',
    500: '#5b4e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e69;
$custom-light: #897f94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44734,
    "c": 0.04618,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E69

secondary

#8A967D

accent

#B87095

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF1

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B0A0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E69

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

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