#5E506E#5E506E

#5E506E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.051 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E506E
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 110)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 27%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 27.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.45, 12.30, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.45, 19.47, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% 0.0297 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.051 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2987, 9.2428, 15.9903)
Luminance	0.0924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E506E #606E50

analogous

#50516E #5E506E #6D506E

triadic

#5E506E #6E5E50 #506E5E

tetradic

#5E506E #6E5051 #606E50 #506E6D

square

#5E506E #6E5051 #606E50 #506E6D

split-complementary

#5E506E #6E6D50 #516E50

monochromatic

#211C27 #40364B #5E506E #7C6A91 #9B8DAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.37

#5E506E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5E506E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E506E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E506E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E506E	1.00	7.37	2.85	7.37
#FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B556F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D566D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C545A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e506e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.051 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8197',
    500: '#5e506e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e506e;
$custom-light: #8c8197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e506e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4569,
    "c": 0.05081,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E506E

secondary

#8E9A80

accent

#B96F96

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0D

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E506E

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

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