#5E485C#5E485C

#5E485C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.043 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E485C
RGB	rgb(94, 72, 92)
HSL	hsl(305, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(305, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 2.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 13.23, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 15.56, 328.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.037 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.043 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.8650, 7.7874, 11.1593)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E485C #485E4A

analogous

#55485E #5E485C #5E4851

triadic

#5E485C #5C5E48 #485C5E

tetradic

#5E485C #5E5548 #485E4A #48515E

square

#5E485C #5E5548 #485E4A #48515E

split-complementary

#5E485C #515E48 #485E55

monochromatic

#191318 #3B2D3A #5E485C #81637E #9F829C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#5E485C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5E485C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E485C

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E485C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E485C	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60494F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e485c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 72, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.043 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b8a',
    500: '#5e485c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e485c;
$custom-light: #8c7b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e485c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43217,
    "c": 0.04298,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E485C

secondary

#758D77

accent

#B67872

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C090B

muted

#7D7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E485C

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

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