#5E4E68#5E4E68

#5E4E68 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.046 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E68
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 104)
HSL	hsl(277, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(277, 25%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 25%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.65, 12.13, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.65, 17.46, 314.01°)
OKLab	oklab(45% 0.031 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.046 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8388, 8.8280, 14.2797)
Luminance	0.0883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E68 #58684E

analogous

#514E68 #5E4E68 #684E65

triadic

#5E4E68 #685E4E #4E685E

tetradic

#5E4E68 #68514E #58684E #4E6568

square

#5E4E68 #68514E #58684E #4E6568

split-complementary

#5E4E68 #65684E #4E6851

monochromatic

#1F1A22 #3E3445 #5E4E68 #7E688B #9C8AA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5E4E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5E4E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E68

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E68	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.046 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f93',
    500: '#5e4e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e68;
$custom-light: #8c7f93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44997,
    "c": 0.04607,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E68

secondary

#86957D

accent

#B7718C

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF1

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E68

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

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