#5C495C#5C495C

#5C495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.039 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C495C
RGB	rgb(92, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(300, 12%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 21%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 11.82, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 14.35, 325.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.0326 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.039 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7277, 7.8133, 11.1715)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5C495C #495C49

analogous

#53495C #5C495C #5C4953

triadic

#5C495C #5C5C49 #495C5C

tetradic

#5C495C #5C5349 #495C49 #49535C

square

#5C495C #5C5349 #495C49 #49535C

split-complementary

#5C495C #535C49 #495C53

monochromatic

#181318 #3A2E3A #5C495C #7E647E #9D839D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5C495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5C495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C495C

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C495C	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.039 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7b8a',
    500: '#5c495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c495c;
$custom-light: #8a7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43208,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C495C

secondary

#768B76

accent

#B47373

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C495C

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

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