#52504C#52504C

#52504C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.007 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52504C
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(40, 4%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(40, 7%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 7.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, -0.01, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 2.64, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.0007 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.007 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6527, 8.0530, 7.9873)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52504C #4C4E52

analogous

#524D4C #52504C #51524C

triadic

#52504C #4C5250 #504C52

tetradic

#52504C #4C524D #4C4E52 #524C51

square

#52504C #4C524D #4C4E52 #524C51

split-complementary

#52504C #4C5152 #4D4C52

monochromatic

#121211 #32312F #52504C #726F69 #918E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#52504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#52504C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52504C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52504C	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52504C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.007 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82817e',
    500: '#52504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52504c;
$custom-light: #82817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.797,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43184,
    "c": 0.00699,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52504C

secondary

#7A7C80

accent

#8CAD7B

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #52504C

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

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