#524F4E#524F4E

#524F4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.004 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#524F4E
RGB	rgb(82, 79, 78)
HSL	hsl(15, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(15, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.85, 1.02, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.85, 1.45, 45.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.0033 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.004 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6506, 7.9359, 8.3350)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#524F4E #4E5152

analogous

#524E4F #524F4E #52514E

triadic

#524F4E #4E524F #4F4E52

tetradic

#524F4E #4F524E #4E5152 #514E52

square

#524F4E #4F524E #4E5152 #514E52

split-complementary

#524F4E #4E5251 #4E4F52

monochromatic

#131312 #333130 #524F4E #716D6C #908C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#524F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#524F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #524F4E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##524F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##524F4E	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50504E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #524f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 79, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.004 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82807f',
    500: '#524f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #524f4e;
$custom-light: #82807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#524f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43012,
    "c": 0.0043,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#524F4E

secondary

#7C7F80

accent

#A0AC7C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #524F4E

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

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