#5E4A64#5E4A64

#5E4A64 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.049 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4A64
RGB	rgb(94, 74, 100)
HSL	hsl(286, 15%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(286, 26%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 26%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 13.73, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 18.21, 318.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.0364 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.049 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3648, 8.1975, 13.1431)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4A64 #50644A

analogous

#514A64 #5E4A64 #644A5D

triadic

#5E4A64 #645E4A #4A645E

tetradic

#5E4A64 #64514A #50644A #4A5D64

square

#5E4A64 #64514A #50644A #4A5D64

split-complementary

#5E4A64 #5D644A #4A6451

monochromatic

#1C161E #3D3041 #5E4A64 #7F6487 #9D84A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#5E4A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E4A64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4A64

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4A64	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 74, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.049 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7c90',
    500: '#5e4a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4a64;
$custom-light: #8c7c90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 14.943,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43976,
    "c": 0.04873,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4A64

secondary

#7E9278

accent

#B87081

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C090C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4A64

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