#5E4B60#5E4B60

#5E4B60 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.042 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4B60
RGB	rgb(94, 75, 96)
HSL	hsl(294, 12%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(294, 22%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 21.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.51, 12.21, -9.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.51, 15.32, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.0332 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.042 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2432, 8.2566, 12.1708)
Luminance	0.0826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4B60 #4D604B

analogous

#534B60 #5E4B60 #604B57

triadic

#5E4B60 #605E4B #4B605E

tetradic

#5E4B60 #60534B #4D604B #4B5760

square

#5E4B60 #60534B #4D604B #4B5760

split-complementary

#5E4B60 #57604B #4B6053

monochromatic

#1B151B #3C303E #5E4B60 #806682 #9D85A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#5E4B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5E4B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4B60

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4B60	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D525F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 75, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.042 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7d8d',
    500: '#5e4b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4b60;
$custom-light: #8c7d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44017,
    "c": 0.04152,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4B60

secondary

#7B8E79

accent

#B57379

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C090C

muted

#7D7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4B60

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

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