#5E4B7A · Dusk

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#5E4B7A is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Dusk and near Dusk and Eggplant. In OKLCH it has 45% lightness and 0.08 chroma at hue 302°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #5E4B7A a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5E4B7A
RGBrgb(94, 75, 122)
HSLhsl(264, 24%, 39%)
CMYK23, 39, 0, 52
CSS var--dusk
Contrast7.6:1 white · 2.76:1 black

Similar named colors

Dusk #4E5481Eggplant #614051Graphite #4B4B4BPlum #8E4585Umber #635147

How to use #5E4B7A

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E4B7A (7.6:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E4B7A with its analogous neighbors #4C507B and #774C7B; for contrast use its complement #687B4C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dusk: #5E4B7A;

Shades & tints

#130F18#261E31#382D49#4B3C62#5E4B7A#7E6F95#9E93AF#BFB7CA#DFDBE4

Color harmonies for #5E4B7A

Complementary

#5E4B7A#687B4C

Analogous

#5E4B7A#4C507B#774C7B

Triadic

#5E4B7A#7B5F4C#4C7B5F

Split complementary

#5E4B7A#7B774C#507B4C

Tetradic

#5E4B7A#7B4C50#687B4C#4C7B77

Palettes with #5E4B7A