#50545A#50545A

#50545A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.011 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#50545A
RGB	rgb(80, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.57, -0.23, -4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.57, 4.04, 266.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% -0.0022 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.011 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3237, 8.7842, 10.9279)
Luminance	0.0878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#50545A #5A5650

analogous

#50595A #50545A #51505A

triadic

#50545A #5A5054 #545A50

tetradic

#50545A #5A5059 #5A5650 #505A51

square

#50545A #5A5059 #5A5650 #505A51

split-complementary

#50545A #5A5150 #595A50

monochromatic

#161819 #33363A #50545A #6D727A #8C9199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#50545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#50545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #50545A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##50545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##50545A	1.00	7.62	2.76	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52545A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51535A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #50545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.011 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818488',
    500: '#50545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #50545a;
$custom-light: #818488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#50545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44442,
    "c": 0.01108,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#50545A

secondary

#88847E

accent

#9979AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #50545A

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

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