#5E4E62#5E4E62

#5E4E62 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.038 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E62
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 98)
HSL	hsl(288, 11%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(288, 20%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.42, 10.76, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.42, 14.12, 319.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.74% 0.0288 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(44.74% 0.038 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5448, 8.7105, 12.7314)
Luminance	0.0871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E62 #52624E

analogous

#544E62 #5E4E62 #624E5C

triadic

#5E4E62 #625E4E #4E625E

tetradic

#5E4E62 #62544E #52624E #4E5C62

square

#5E4E62 #62544E #52624E #4E5C62

split-complementary

#5E4E62 #5C624E #4E6254

monochromatic

#1D181E #3D3340 #5E4E62 #7F6984 #9C89A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#5E4E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5E4E62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E62

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E62	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C5263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.038 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f8e',
    500: '#5e4e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e62;
$custom-light: #8b7f8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 11.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44743,
    "c": 0.03788,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E62

secondary

#80907C

accent

#B47480

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E62

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

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