#5E4E64#5E4E64

#5E4E64 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.041 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E64
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 100)
HSL	hsl(284, 12%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(284, 22%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 22%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.50, 11.21, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.50, 15.22, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.0295 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.041 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6404, 8.7487, 13.2349)
Luminance	0.0875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E64 #54644E

analogous

#534E64 #5E4E64 #644E5F

triadic

#5E4E64 #645E4E #4E645E

tetradic

#5E4E64 #64534E #54644E #4E5F64

square

#5E4E64 #64534E #54644E #4E5F64

split-complementary

#5E4E64 #5F644E #4E6453

monochromatic

#1D181F #3E3342 #5E4E64 #7E6986 #9C89A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#5E4E64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5E4E64 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E64

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E64	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.041 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7f90',
    500: '#5e4e64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e64;
$custom-light: #8b7f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 12.36,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44826,
    "c": 0.04054,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E64

secondary

#82917D

accent

#B57385

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E64

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

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