#50524E#50524E

#50524E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.007 H 128.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50524E
RGB	rgb(80, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(90, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(90, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, -1.66, 2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 2.65, 128.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% -0.0043 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.007 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7005, 8.2901, 8.4007)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50524E #504E52

analogous

#52524E #50524E #4E524E

triadic

#50524E #4E5052 #524E50

tetradic

#50524E #4E5252 #504E52 #524E4E

square

#50524E #4E5252 #504E52 #524E4E

split-complementary

#50524E #4E4E52 #524E52

monochromatic

#131312 #313330 #50524E #6F716C #8D908A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#50524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#50524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50524E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50524E	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52514E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.007 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81827f',
    500: '#50524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50524e;
$custom-light: #81827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43542,
    "c": 0.00694,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50524E

secondary

#7E7C80

accent

#7CAC94

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #50524E

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

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