#524D4E#524D4E

#524D4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.007 H 3.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524D4E
RGB	rgb(82, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(348, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(348, 6%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 2.27, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 2.27, 3.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0068 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.007 3.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5085, 7.6517, 8.2876)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524D4E #4D5251

analogous

#524D50 #524D4E #524E4D

triadic

#524D4E #4E524D #4D4E52

tetradic

#524D4E #50524D #4D5251 #4E4D52

square

#524D4E #50524D #4D5251 #4E4D52

split-complementary

#524D4E #4D524E #4D5052

monochromatic

#131212 #322F30 #524D4E #726B6C #90898B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#524D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#524D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524D4E

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524D4E	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.007 3.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e7f',
    500: '#524d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524d4e;
$custom-light: #827e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 3.145,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4254,
    "c": 0.0068,
    "h": 3.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524D4E

secondary

#7B807F

accent

#ACA37B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #524D4E

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

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