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violet · cool

#625773

a dark, muted violet · cool · closest name: Dark Slate Blue

Token name suggestion: Slate Plum

RGB
98, 87, 115
HSL
264°, 14%, 40%
CMYK
15, 24, 0, 55
Luminance
0.1065

#625773 is a dark muted violet, 264° on the wheel and 58/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.71:1). As text it scores 6.71:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Dark Slate Blue, nearest Tailwind family is zinc.

hsl(264 14% 40%)rgb(98 87 115)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #625773 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#625773
Hue
264°
violet
Saturation
14%
muted
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
45%
HSV value
Perceived
37%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1065
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
58/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Muted
Best ink
White
6.71:1
Closest name
Dark Slate Blue
ΔE2000 14.8
Chroma
17.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.478
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
zinc
500 · ΔE 13
Web-safe
#666666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue264° of 360°
Saturation14%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #625773.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool58% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red24%
Green64%
Blue12%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#625773
HEX (8-digit)#625773ff
RGBrgb(98, 87, 115)
RGBArgba(98, 87, 115, 1)
HSLhsl(264, 14%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(264, 24%, 45%)
HWBhwb(264 34% 55%)
CMYKcmyk(15%, 24%, 0%, 55%)
LABlab(39.0 10.6 -14.3)
LCHlch(39.0 17.8 306.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.478 0.046 302.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(11.54, 10.65, 17.66)
Decimal6444915
Display P3color(display-p3 0.384 0.341 0.451)
Web-safe#666666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #625773;
background-color: #625773;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #625773;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#625773] bg-[#625773]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #625773;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.384, green: 0.341, blue: 0.451)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.384, green: 0.341, blue: 0.451, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#625773</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF625773)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF625773)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(115, 87, 98)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(98, 87, 115)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(98, 87, 115)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 98, 87, 115)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3843f, 0.3412f, 0.4510f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{98,87,115}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #625773 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #625773 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#3E3749, #DFDCE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #625773 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F7F8;
  --brand-100: #EFEEF1;
  --brand-200: #DDDAE2;
  --brand-300: #C5BFCF;
  --brand-400: #A89FB7;
  --brand-500: #8B7F9E;
  --brand-600: #77698B;
  --brand-700: #625773;
  --brand-800: #4F465D;
  --brand-900: #3C3545;
  --brand-950: #25212B;
  --brand: #625773;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F7F6F8;
  --brand-border: #D5D1DC;
  --brand-hover: #51485F;
  --brand-pressed: #3F384A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1B1820;
    --brand-ink: #DFDCE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F7F8',
        100: '#EFEEF1',
        200: '#DDDAE2',
        300: '#C5BFCF',
        400: '#A89FB7',
        500: '#8B7F9E',
        600: '#77698B',
        700: '#625773',
        800: '#4F465D',
        900: '#3C3545',
        950: '#25212B',
        DEFAULT: '#625773',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F7F8,
  '100': #EFEEF1,
  '200': #DDDAE2,
  '300': #C5BFCF,
  '400': #A89FB7,
  '500': #8B7F9E,
  '600': #77698B,
  '700': #625773,
  '800': #4F465D,
  '900': #3C3545,
  '950': #25212B,
);
$brand-base: #625773;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F7F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EFEEF1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DDDAE2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C5BFCF", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A89FB7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#8B7F9E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#77698B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#625773", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#4F465D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3C3545", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#25212B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #625773 · 6.71:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.71:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.13:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #625773 as text scores 6.71:1 on white and 3.13:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F2F0F4 at 5.92:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#625773 · 6.71:1
AA on whitealready passes
#625773
The quick fox
#5D536D · 7.18:1
AAA on white−2% L
#5D536D
The quick fox
#7D7093 · 4.61:1
AA on black+11% L
#7D7093
The quick fox
#9D92AD · 7.15:1
AAA on black+23% L
#9D92AD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #625773 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#625773 on white: 6.71:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#625773 on black: 3.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #625773 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #625773.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.71:1AaAa
Slate 506.41:1AaAa
Slate 1006.12:1AaAa
Slate 2005.44:1AaAa
Slate 3004.52:1AaAa
Slate 4002.62:1AaAa
Slate 5001.41:1AaAa
Slate 6001.13:1AaAa
Slate 7001.54:1AaAa
Slate 8002.18:1AaAa
Slate 9002.66:1AaAa
Black3.13:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #525C74
deuteranopia · #545C72
tritanopia · #5F5B61

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #625773 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F7F8
#EFEEF1
#DDDAE2
#C5BFCF
#A89FB7
#8B7F9E
#77698B
#625773
#4F465D
#3C3545
#25212B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F7F7F8Darkest = 950 · #25212BText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.012 302.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.018 302.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.028 302.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.036 302.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.043 302.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.046 302.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.046 302.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.043 302.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.039 302.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.032 302.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.025 302.6);
}

Colors that work with #625773

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F7F6F8
Tinted page background
Border#D5D1DC
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#6F6383
Captions on the surface
Accent#727753
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#3E3749
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F2F0F4
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1B1820
Dark-mode background
Hover#51485F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3F384A
Two steps down
Disabled#9A8FAB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6A558A
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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How to use #625773

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Borders, dividers and quiet backgrounds
  • Long-form reading surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

With almost no chroma left, the family association is barely present; treat it as a neutral that happens to lean this way. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyLow
  • Weight60/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#687357
Analogous left#575A73
Analogous right#705773
Split-complement 1#737057
Split-complement 2#5A7357
Triadic 1#736257
Triadic 2#577362
Tetradic#73575A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°264°

#625773 sits at 264°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red38.4%
Green34.1%
Blue45.1%
R · 0–255
98
0x62
G · 0–255
87
0x57
B · 0–255
115
0x73

CMYK percentages

Cyan14.8%
Magenta24.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)54.9%

Total ink coverage is 94%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#625773 text on a black background

contrast 3.13:1

Card sample

#625773 text on a white background

contrast 6.71:1

Card sample

#625773 on grey

6.12:1

#625773 on its own surface

6.23:1

#625773 on its dark surface

2.61:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #625773;
Background color
Panel with #625773 background
background-color: #625773;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #625773;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(98, 87, 115, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(98, 87, 115, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #625773;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #625773, #735771);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #625773, #73576A);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #625773;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #625773;
caret-color: #625773;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #625773;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F2F0F4;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #625773;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#625773 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #625773 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(98, 87, 115, 0.5)
rgb(98 87 115 / 50%)
#62577380
hsl(264 14% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #625773 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#6257731a#EFEEF1
20%#62577333#E0DDE3
40%#62577366#C0BCC7
60%#62577399#A19AAB
80%#625773cc#81798F

Gradients from #625773

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #807295, #625773 45%, #3E3749);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #625773, #624A5E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #625773, #687357);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #9084A2 0%, #625773 45%, #3E3749 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F7F6F8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6D7490 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #846484 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #3E3749 0%, transparent 65%), #625773;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #625773

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#625773 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
BackgroundsBordersBody textDividers
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.13:1 — lift it to #7D7093 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#625773, answered

What color is #625773?

#625773 is a dark muted violet, closest to Dark Slate Blue (ΔE2000 14.8). It sits at 264° on the hue wheel with 14% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #625773?

rgb(98, 87, 115) — 98 red, 87 green and 115 blue out of 255, or 38.4% / 34.1% / 45.1% by channel.

What is #625773 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(264, 14%, 40%) and hsv(264, 24%, 45%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #625773 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1065 and perceived brightness is 37%, so white text on it reaches 6.71:1.

Should I use black or white text on #625773?

White. It scores 6.71:1 against #625773, versus 3.13:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #625773 accessible on a white background?

#625773 on white scores 6.71:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #625773?

#687357 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #737057 and #5A7357, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #625773?

For interface work: #F7F6F8 as the surface, #D5D1DC for borders, #6F6383 for secondary text, #727753 as an accent and #3E3749 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #575A73 and #705773 stays calm, while #687357 is the loudest partner.

What is #625773 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(15%, 24%, 0%, 55%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #625773 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 58 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #6C5773; nudged cooler, #565575.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #625773?

The zinc family — its 500 step is #71717a, ΔE2000 13 away. That is a visible difference, so define #625773 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #625773 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#625773] or text-[#625773], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #625773 with 50% opacity?

rgba(98, 87, 115, 0.5), or #62577380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B1ABB9; over black, #312C3A.

Is #625773 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #666666, ΔE2000 14.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #625773 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this low chroma the association is faint; it behaves more like a neutral.

What gradient works with #625773?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #807295, #625773 45%, #3E3749). For more colour, a short hue run to #624A5E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #625773 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #625773 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.