#5E4E65#5E4E65

#5E4E65 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.042 H 315.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E65
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 101)
HSL	hsl(282, 13%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(282, 23%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 11.44, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 15.77, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0299 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.042 315.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6891, 8.7682, 13.4914)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E65 #55654E

analogous

#524E65 #5E4E65 #654E60

triadic

#5E4E65 #655E4E #4E655E

tetradic

#5E4E65 #65524E #55654E #4E6065

square

#5E4E65 #65524E #55654E #4E6065

split-complementary

#5E4E65 #60654E #4E6552

monochromatic

#1E1920 #3E3342 #5E4E65 #7E6988 #9C89A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#5E4E65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5E4E65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E65

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E65	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.042 315.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f91',
    500: '#5e4e65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e65;
$custom-light: #8c7f91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.739,
    "s": 12.849,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44868,
    "c": 0.0419,
    "h": 315.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E65

secondary

#83927D

accent

#B67287

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E65

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

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