#5E405C#5E405C

#5E405C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.060 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E405C
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 92)
HSL	hsl(304, 19%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(304, 32%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 2.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 18.27, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 21.55, 327.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% 0.0511 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.06 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3811, 6.8195, 10.9979)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E405C #405E42

analogous

#51405E #5E405C #5E404D

triadic

#5E405C #5C5E40 #405C5E

tetradic

#5E405C #5E5140 #405E42 #404D5E

square

#5E405C #5E5140 #405E42 #404D5E

split-complementary

#5E405C #4D5E40 #405E51

monochromatic

#150E15 #3A2738 #5E405C #825980 #A2769F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#5E405C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5E405C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E405C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E405C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E405C	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F475D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60424A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e405c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.060 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c758a',
    500: '#5e405c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e405c;
$custom-light: #8c758a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e405c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 18.987,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41577,
    "c": 0.05964,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E405C

secondary

#6C8D6F

accent

#BC716C

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C080B

muted

#7D7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E405C

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

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