#5E4E6E#5E4E6E

#5E4E6E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.055 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E6E
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 110)
HSL	hsl(270, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, 13.56, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 20.93, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.033 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.055 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1544, 8.9543, 15.9422)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E6E #5E6E4E

analogous

#4E4E6E #5E4E6E #6E4E6E

triadic

#5E4E6E #6E5E4E #4E6E5E

tetradic

#5E4E6E #6E4E4E #5E6E4E #4E6E6E

square

#5E4E6E #6E4E4E #5E6E4E #4E6E6E

split-complementary

#5E4E6E #6E6E4E #4E6E4E

monochromatic

#211B26 #3F354A #5E4E6E #7D6792 #9B8AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#5E4E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5E4E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E6E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E6E	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48546F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B556D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.055 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f97',
    500: '#5e4e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e6e;
$custom-light: #8c7f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45266,
    "c": 0.05468,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E6E

secondary

#8C9A7E

accent

#BA6E94

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E6E

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

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