#515B59#515B59

#515B59 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.013 H 182.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#515B59
RGB	rgb(81, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(168, 6%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 11%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, -4.35, -0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 4.35, 182.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.18% -0.0129 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(46.18% 0.013 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9372, 9.9526, 10.8994)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#515B59 #5B5153

analogous

#515B54 #515B59 #51585B

triadic

#515B59 #59515B #5B5951

tetradic

#515B59 #54515B #5B5153 #585B51

square

#515B59 #54515B #5B5153 #585B51

split-complementary

#515B59 #5B5158 #5B5451

monochromatic

#171A1A #343B39 #515B59 #6E7B79 #8D9997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#515B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#515B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #515B59

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##515B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##515B59	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #515b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.013 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818987',
    500: '#515b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #515b59;
$custom-light: #818987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#515b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46179,
    "c": 0.01293,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#515B59

secondary

#897F81

accent

#7984AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #515B59

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

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