#5E5666#5E5666

#5E5666 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.027 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5666
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 102)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 16%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 15.7%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 6.66, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 10.42, 309.74°)
OKLab	oklab(46.66% 0.0168 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(46.66% 0.027 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3417, 9.9946, 13.9521)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5666 #5E6656

analogous

#565666 #5E5666 #665666

triadic

#5E5666 #665E56 #56665E

tetradic

#5E5666 #665656 #5E6656 #566666

square

#5E5666 #665656 #5E6656 #566666

split-complementary

#5E5666 #666656 #566656

monochromatic

#211E24 #3F3A45 #5E5666 #7D7287 #9B93A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#5E5666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#5E5666 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5666

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5666	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D585B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.027 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8591',
    500: '#5e5666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5666;
$custom-light: #8b8591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 8.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4666,
    "c": 0.02732,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5666

secondary

#8C9385

accent

#B27694

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5666

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

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