#5E5264#5E5264

#5E5264 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.032 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5264
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 100)
HSL	hsl(280, 10%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(280, 18%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 18%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.62, 8.70, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.62, 12.23, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% 0.0227 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.032 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9333, 9.3345, 13.3326)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5264 #586452

analogous

#555264 #5E5264 #645261

triadic

#5E5264 #645E52 #52645E

tetradic

#5E5264 #645552 #586452 #526164

square

#5E5264 #645552 #586452 #526164

split-complementary

#5E5264 #616452 #526455

monochromatic

#1F1B21 #3E3642 #5E5264 #7E6E86 #9C8EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#5E5264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5E5264 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5264

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5264	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.032 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8290',
    500: '#5e5264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5264;
$custom-light: #8b8290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 9.89,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45696,
    "c": 0.03242,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5264

secondary

#869181

accent

#B3758A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5264

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

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