#5E4E5E#5E4E5E

#5E4E5E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.033 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E5E
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 9.89, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 12.02, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(44.58% 0.0272 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(44.58% 0.033 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.3606, 8.6368, 11.7615)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E5E #4E5E4E

analogous

#564E5E #5E4E5E #5E4E56

triadic

#5E4E5E #5E5E4E #4E5E5E

tetradic

#5E4E5E #5E564E #4E5E4E #4E565E

square

#5E4E5E #5E564E #4E5E4E #4E565E

split-complementary

#5E4E5E #565E4E #4E5E56

monochromatic

#1B161B #3D323D #5E4E5E #7F6A7F #9D899D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5E4E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5E4E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E5E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E5E	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D525F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50545D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.033 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f8b',
    500: '#5e4e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e5e;
$custom-light: #8b7f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44583,
    "c": 0.03282,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E5E

secondary

#7C8C7C

accent

#B27676

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E5E

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

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