#5E506C#5E506C

#5E506C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.048 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E506C
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 15%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 25.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 11.82, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 18.30, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(45.6% 0.029 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(45.6% 0.048 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1910, 9.1998, 15.4233)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E506C #5E6C50

analogous

#50506C #5E506C #6C506C

triadic

#5E506C #6C5E50 #506C5E

tetradic

#5E506C #6C5050 #5E6C50 #506C6C

square

#5E506C #6C5050 #5E6C50 #506C6C

split-complementary

#5E506C #6C6C50 #506C50

monochromatic

#211C26 #3F3649 #5E506C #7D6A8F #9B8CAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#5E506C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E506C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E506C

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E506C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E506C	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B556D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e506c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.048 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8196',
    500: '#5e506c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e506c;
$custom-light: #8c8196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e506c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45601,
    "c": 0.04787,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E506C

secondary

#8C9880

accent

#B87094

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E506C

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

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