#5E445A#5E445A

#5E445A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.049 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E445A
RGB	rgb(94, 68, 90)
HSL	hsl(309, 16%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(309, 28%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 15.33, -8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 17.61, 330.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.0433 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.049 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5285, 7.2524, 10.6215)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E445A #445E48

analogous

#55445E #5E445A #5E444D

triadic

#5E445A #5A5E44 #445A5E

tetradic

#5E445A #5E5544 #445E48 #444D5E

square

#5E445A #5E5544 #445E48 #444D5E

split-complementary

#5E445A #4D5E44 #445E55

monochromatic

#171116 #3A2A38 #5E445A #825E7C #A07C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#5E445A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5E445A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E445A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E445A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E445A	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60454C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e445a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 68, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.049 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7888',
    500: '#5e445a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e445a;
$custom-light: #8c7888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e445a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42301,
    "c": 0.04911,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E445A

secondary

#718D75

accent

#B97A6F

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDEF

border

#CBC8CA

text

#0C090B

muted

#7D7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E445A

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

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