#504E56#504E56

#504E56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.013 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#504E56
RGB	rgb(80, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(255, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(255, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 2.59, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 5.11, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.87% 0.0061 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(42.87% 0.013 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7121, 7.8261, 9.9066)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#504E56 #54564E

analogous

#4E5056 #504E56 #544E56

triadic

#504E56 #56504E #4E5650

tetradic

#504E56 #564E50 #54564E #4E5654

square

#504E56 #564E50 #54564E #4E5654

split-complementary

#504E56 #56544E #50564E

monochromatic

#141416 #323136 #504E56 #6E6B76 #8C8A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#504E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#504E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #504E56

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##504E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##504E56	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #504e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.013 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f85',
    500: '#504e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #504e56;
$custom-light: #817f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#504e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42871,
    "c": 0.01327,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#504E56

secondary

#82847C

accent

#AE7AA1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #504E56

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

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