#505E56#505E56

#505E56 is a mid, muted green. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.022 H 160.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E56
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(146, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(146, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, -7.19, 2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 7.70, 158.88°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% -0.0203 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.022 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9903, 10.3826, 10.3327)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E56 #5E5058

analogous

#515E50 #505E56 #505E5D

triadic

#505E56 #56505E #5E5650

tetradic

#505E56 #50515E #5E5058 #5E5D50

square

#505E56 #50515E #5E5058 #5E5D50

split-complementary

#505E56 #5D505E #5E5051

monochromatic

#181C1A #343D38 #505E56 #6C7F74 #8C9D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#505E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#505E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E56

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E56	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.022 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b85',
    500: '#505e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e56;
$custom-light: #818b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46735,
    "c": 0.02154,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E56

secondary

#8C7E86

accent

#7798B1

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E56

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

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