#5E495C#5E495C

#5E495C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.041 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E495C
RGB	rgb(94, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(306, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(306, 22%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 2.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 12.60, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 14.81, 328.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.0352 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.041 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9302, 7.9177, 11.1810)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E495C #495E4B

analogous

#55495E #5E495C #5E4951

triadic

#5E495C #5C5E49 #495C5E

tetradic

#5E495C #5E5549 #495E4B #49515E

square

#5E495C #5E5549 #495E4B #49515E

split-complementary

#5E495C #515E49 #495E55

monochromatic

#191319 #3C2E3A #5E495C #80647E #9F839C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#5E495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5E495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E495C

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E495C	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#604A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.041 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7c8a',
    500: '#5e495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e495c;
$custom-light: #8c7c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.714,
    "s": 12.575,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43429,
    "c": 0.04089,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E495C

secondary

#768C78

accent

#B57972

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C090B

muted

#7D7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E495C

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

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