#505A4E#505A4E

#505A4E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.023 H 140.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505A4E
RGB	rgb(80, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(110, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(110, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 13.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -6.51, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 8.60, 139.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.5% -0.0177 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(45.5% 0.023 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3393, 9.5678, 8.6137)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505A4E #584E5A

analogous

#565A4E #505A4E #4E5A52

triadic

#505A4E #4E505A #5A4E50

tetradic

#505A4E #4E565A #584E5A #5A524E

square

#505A4E #4E565A #584E5A #5A524E

split-complementary

#505A4E #524E5A #5A4E56

monochromatic

#161815 #333932 #505A4E #6D7B6A #8C9989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#505A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#505A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505A4E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505A4E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59574F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.023 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81887f',
    500: '#505a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505a4e;
$custom-light: #81887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.455,
    "c": 0.0229,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505A4E

secondary

#867C88

accent

#78B0A7

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #505A4E

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

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