#5C556A#5C556A

#5C556A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.035 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C556A
RGB	rgb(92, 85, 106)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 7.47, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 13.31, 304.16°)
OKLab	oklab(46.41% 0.0175 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(46.41% 0.035 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2631, 9.8129, 14.9863)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C556A #636A55

analogous

#55586A #5C556A #67556A

triadic

#5C556A #6A5C55 #556A5C

tetradic

#5C556A #6A5558 #636A55 #556A67

square

#5C556A #6A5558 #636A55 #556A67

split-complementary

#5C556A #6A6755 #586A55

monochromatic

#211F26 #3F3A48 #5C556A #79708C #9992A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#5C556A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#5C556A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C556A

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C556A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C556A	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51586B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A585C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c556a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 85, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.035 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8494',
    500: '#5c556a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c556a;
$custom-light: #8a8494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c556a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46408,
    "c": 0.03461,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C556A

secondary

#909685

accent

#B4749F

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF1

border

#CBCACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C556A

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

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