#515952#515952

#515952 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.015 H 149.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515952
RGB	rgb(81, 89, 82)
HSL	hsl(128, 5%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(128, 9%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 7.9%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, -4.68, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 5.54, 147.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% -0.0129 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.015 149)
XYZ	xyz(8.4884, 9.5032, 9.3681)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515952 #595158

analogous

#545951 #515952 #515956

triadic

#515952 #525159 #595251

tetradic

#515952 #515459 #595158 #595651

square

#515952 #515459 #595158 #595651

split-complementary

#515952 #565159 #595154

monochromatic

#171917 #343934 #515952 #6E7970 #8D978E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#515952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#515952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515952

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515952	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 89, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.015 149.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818782',
    500: '#515952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515952;
$custom-light: #818782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45462,
    "c": 0.01508,
    "h": 149
  },
  "luminance": 0.09503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515952

secondary

#877F86

accent

#7AA7AE

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #515952

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

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