#5E4060#5E4060

#5E4060 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.064 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4060
RGB	rgb(94, 64, 96)
HSL	hsl(296, 20%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(296, 33%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 33.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 19.13, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 23.56, 324.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% 0.0523 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.064 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5606, 6.8913, 11.9433)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4060 #426040

analogous

#4E4060 #5E4060 #604052

triadic

#5E4060 #605E40 #40605E

tetradic

#5E4060 #604E40 #426040 #405260

square

#5E4060 #604E40 #426040 #405260

split-complementary

#5E4060 #526040 #40604E

monochromatic

#160F17 #3A283B #5E4060 #825885 #A176A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5E4060 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E4060 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4060

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4060	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4060	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F434C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4060;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 64, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.064 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c758d',
    500: '#5e4060',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4060;
$custom-light: #8c758d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4060",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41757,
    "c": 0.06427,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4060

secondary

#6E906C

accent

#BD6B70

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C080C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4060

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

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