#5E4E6A#5E4E6A

#5E4E6A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.049 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E6A
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 106)
HSL	hsl(274, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(274, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 26.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.73, 12.60, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.73, 18.61, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(45.08% 0.0317 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(45.08% 0.049 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9415, 8.8692, 14.8211)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E6A #5A6A4E

analogous

#504E6A #5E4E6A #6A4E68

triadic

#5E4E6A #6A5E4E #4E6A5E

tetradic

#5E4E6A #6A504E #5A6A4E #4E686A

square

#5E4E6A #6A504E #5A6A4E #4E686A

split-complementary

#5E4E6A #686A4E #4E6A50

monochromatic

#1F1A23 #3F3447 #5E4E6A #7D688D #9B8AA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#5E4E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5E4E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E6A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E6A	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A536B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.049 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f94',
    500: '#5e4e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e6a;
$custom-light: #8c7f94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 15.217,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45085,
    "c": 0.04891,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E6A

secondary

#88967D

accent

#B8708F

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF1

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E6A

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

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