#504E45#504E45

#504E45 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.015 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504E45
RGB	rgb(80, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 7%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 13.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, -1.00, 5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 5.71, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% -0.0017 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.015 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1067, 7.5840, 6.7185)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504E45 #454750

analogous

#504945 #504E45 #4D5045

triadic

#504E45 #45504E #4E4550

tetradic

#504E45 #455049 #454750 #50454D

square

#504E45 #455049 #454750 #50454D

split-complementary

#504E45 #454D50 #494550

monochromatic

#10100E #2F2E29 #504E45 #716E61 #918D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#504E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#504E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504E45

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504E45	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.015 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f78',
    500: '#504e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504e45;
$custom-light: #817f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 7.383,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.01473,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504E45

secondary

#72747F

accent

#82B077

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #504E45

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

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