#52504E#52504E

#52504E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.004 H 67.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52504E
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(30, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.15, 0.40, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.15, 1.52, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.0016 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.004 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7233, 8.0813, 8.3592)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52504E #4E5052

analogous

#524E4E #52504E #52524E

triadic

#52504E #4E5250 #504E52

tetradic

#52504E #4E524E #4E5052 #524E52

square

#52504E #4E524E #4E5052 #524E52

split-complementary

#52504E #4E5252 #4E4E52

monochromatic

#131312 #333130 #52504E #716F6C #908D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#52504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#52504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52504E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52504E	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51504E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.004 67.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4325,
    "c": 0.00419,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52504E

secondary

#7C7E80

accent

#94AC7C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52504E

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

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