#524E56#524E56

#524E56 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.014 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524E56
RGB	rgb(82, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 3.38, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 5.32, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.0086 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.014 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8835, 7.9145, 9.9146)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524E56 #52564E

analogous

#4E4E56 #524E56 #564E56

triadic

#524E56 #56524E #4E5652

tetradic

#524E56 #564E4E #52564E #4E5656

square

#524E56 #564E4E #52564E #4E5656

split-complementary

#524E56 #56564E #4E564E

monochromatic

#151416 #333136 #524E56 #716B76 #8F8A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#524E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#524E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524E56

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524E56	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.014 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827f85',
    500: '#524e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524e56;
$custom-light: #827f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43062,
    "c": 0.01394,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524E56

secondary

#80847C

accent

#AE7A94

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #524E56

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

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