#5E548E · Dusk

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#5E548E is a medium, muted blue color, closest to Dusk and near Dusk and Lapis. In OKLCH it has 48% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 290°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #5E548E a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#5E548E
RGBrgb(94, 84, 142)
HSLhsl(250, 26%, 44%)
CMYK34, 41, 0, 44
CSS var--dusk
Contrast6.7:1 white · 3.13:1 black

Similar named colors

Dusk #4E5481Lapis #26619CSlate Gray #5D6D7EPlum #8E4585Storm #4F666A

How to use #5E548E

White text passes WCAG AA on #5E548E (6.7:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #5E548E with its analogous neighbors #53668D and #7A538D; for contrast use its complement #848D53 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--dusk: #5E548E;

Shades & tints

#13111C#262239#383255#4B4372#5E548E#7E76A5#9E98BB#BFBBD2#DFDDE8

Color harmonies for #5E548E

Complementary

#5E548E#848D53

Analogous

#5E548E#53668D#7A538D

Triadic

#5E548E#8D5D53#538D5D

Split complementary

#5E548E#8D7A53#668D53

Tetradic

#5E548E#8D5366#848D53#538D7A

Palettes with #5E548E