#5E425E#5E425E

#5E425E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.058 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E425E
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 18%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(300, 30%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 17.44, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 21.05, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.0482 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.058 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5845, 7.0845, 11.5028)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E425E #425E42

analogous

#50425E #5E425E #5E4250

triadic

#5E425E #5E5E42 #425E5E

tetradic

#5E425E #5E5042 #425E42 #42505E

square

#5E425E #5E5042 #425E42 #42505E

split-complementary

#5E425E #505E42 #425E50

monochromatic

#161016 #3A293A #5E425E #825B82 #A179A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#5E425E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#5E425E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E425E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E425E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E425E	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40495F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60444C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e425e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.058 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c768b',
    500: '#5e425e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e425e;
$custom-light: #8c768b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e425e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42065,
    "c": 0.05779,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E425E

secondary

#6E8D6E

accent

#BA6E6E

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C080C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E425E

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

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