#5E485E#5E485E

#5E485E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.045 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E485E
RGB	rgb(94, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(300, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.61, 13.66, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.61, 16.55, 325.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.0377 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.045 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9536, 7.8228, 11.6258)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E485E #485E48

analogous

#53485E #5E485E #5E4853

triadic

#5E485E #5E5E48 #485E5E

tetradic

#5E485E #5E5348 #485E48 #48535E

square

#5E485E #5E5348 #485E48 #48535E

split-complementary

#5E485E #535E48 #485E53

monochromatic

#191319 #3B2D3B #5E485E #816381 #9F829F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5E485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5E485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E485E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E485E	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.045 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7b8b',
    500: '#5e485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e485e;
$custom-light: #8c7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.433,
    "c": 0.04531,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E485E

secondary

#758D75

accent

#B67272

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EDF0

border

#CBC8CB

text

#0C090C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E485E

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

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