#5E455E#5E455E

#5E455E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.052 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E455E
RGB	rgb(94, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, 15.56, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 18.81, 325.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.043 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.052 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7644, 7.4443, 11.5627)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E455E #455E45

analogous

#52455E #5E455E #5E4552

triadic

#5E455E #5E5E45 #455E5E

tetradic

#5E455E #5E5245 #455E45 #45525E

square

#5E455E #5E5245 #455E45 #45525E

split-complementary

#5E455E #525E45 #455E52

monochromatic

#171117 #3B2B3B #5E455E #815F81 #A07DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#5E455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5E455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E455E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E455E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434B5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494E5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60474E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.052 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c798b',
    500: '#5e455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e455e;
$custom-light: #8c798b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42676,
    "c": 0.05156,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E455E

secondary

#728D72

accent

#B87070

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C090C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E455E

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

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