#524E48#524E48

#524E48 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.011 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E48
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 6%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(36, 12%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 12.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 0.43, 4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 4.16, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.0023 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.011 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3737, 7.7106, 7.2295)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E48 #484C52

analogous

#524948 #524E48 #515248

triadic

#524E48 #48524E #4E4852

tetradic

#524E48 #485249 #484C52 #524851

square

#524E48 #485249 #484C52 #524851

split-complementary

#524E48 #485152 #494852

monochromatic

#11100F #312F2B #524E48 #736D65 #928C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#524E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#524E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E48

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E48	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.011 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827f7b',
    500: '#524e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e48;
$custom-light: #827f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 6.494,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42581,
    "c": 0.01106,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E48

secondary

#757A80

accent

#8EB078

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E48

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

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