#5D495C#5D495C

#5D495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.040 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D495C
RGB	rgb(93, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(303, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(303, 22%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 1.1%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 12.21, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 14.57, 326.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0339 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.04 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8283, 7.8652, 11.1762)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D495C #495D4A

analogous

#54495D #5D495C #5D4952

triadic

#5D495C #5C5D49 #495C5D

tetradic

#5D495C #5D5449 #495D4A #49525D

square

#5D495C #5D5449 #495D4A #49525D

split-complementary

#5D495C #525D49 #495D54

monochromatic

#181318 #3B2E3A #5D495C #7F647E #9E839C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5D495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5D495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D495C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D495C	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.040 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7c8a',
    500: '#5d495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d495c;
$custom-light: #8b7c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 12.048,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43318,
    "c": 0.04004,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D495C

secondary

#768C77

accent

#B57673

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C090B

muted

#7D7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D495C

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

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