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#5d5798 color: Old Nan Yarn

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246°
100%

OKLCH

49.2%
0.102
286°
  • ≈ Denim
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Soft
  • Cool
  • slate-600
  • Black 40%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text6.40:1 · AALc -87
Black text3.28:1 · Below AALc 22

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About #5d5798

#5d5798 is a soft dark violet color. In OKLCH it has 49.2% lightness, 0.102 chroma and a hue of 286°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast and black text 3.28:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Old Nan Yarn (#5e5896). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is slate-600.

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Lighter: #5d5798 mixed with white

  1. 5d5798
  2. 6b67a3
  3. 7a77ad
  4. 8a87b8
  5. 9998c2
  6. a9a9cc
  7. bab9d7
  8. cbcbe1
  9. dcdceb
  10. ededf5

Darker: #5d5798 mixed with black

  1. 5d5798
  2. 504b84
  3. 433e70
  4. 37335c
  5. 2a274a
  6. 1f1c38
  7. 141227
  8. 0a0817
  9. 030308
  10. 000001

Calmer: #5d5798 with less saturation

  1. 5d5798
  2. 5d5893
  3. 5d5a8d
  4. 5e5b88
  5. 5e5c83
  6. 5e5d7d
  7. 5f5e78
  8. 5f5f72
  9. 60606d
  10. 606067