#504C52#504C52

#504C52 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.011 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504C52
RGB	rgb(80, 76, 82)
HSL	hsl(280, 4%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 7%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 2.95, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 4.17, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0078 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.011 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4154, 7.4836, 9.0348)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504C52 #4E524C

analogous

#4D4C52 #504C52 #524C51

triadic

#504C52 #52504C #4C5250

tetradic

#504C52 #524D4C #4E524C #4C5152

square

#504C52 #524D4C #4E524C #4C5152

split-complementary

#504C52 #51524C #4C524D

monochromatic

#121112 #312F32 #504C52 #6F6972 #8E8891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#504C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#504C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504C52

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504C52	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 76, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.011 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e82',
    500: '#504c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504c52;
$custom-light: #817e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 3.797,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42251,
    "c": 0.01105,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504C52

secondary

#7C807A

accent

#AD7B8C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #504C52

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

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