#5D5366#5D5366

#5D5366 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.033 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D5366
RGB	rgb(93, 83, 102)
HSL	hsl(272, 10%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 19%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 18.6%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 8.16, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 12.49, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.9% 0.0205 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(45.9% 0.033 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0053, 9.4730, 13.8692)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D5366 #5C6653

analogous

#545366 #5D5366 #665366

triadic

#5D5366 #665D53 #53665D

tetradic

#5D5366 #665453 #5C6653 #536666

square

#5D5366 #665453 #5C6653 #536666

split-complementary

#5D5366 #666653 #536654

monochromatic

#1F1C23 #3E3844 #5D5366 #7C6E88 #9A8FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#5D5366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5D5366 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D5366

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D5366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D5366	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505667

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d5366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 83, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.033 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8391',
    500: '#5d5366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d5366;
$custom-light: #8b8391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d5366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 10.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45897,
    "c": 0.03277,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D5366

secondary

#8A9382

accent

#B37592

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D5366

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

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