#52505A#52505A

#52505A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.016 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52505A
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 11.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.54, 3.04, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.54, 6.33, 298.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.0069 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.016 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1934, 8.2693, 10.8354)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52505A #585A50

analogous

#50535A #52505A #57505A

triadic

#52505A #5A5250 #505A52

tetradic

#52505A #5A5053 #585A50 #505A57

square

#52505A #5A5053 #585A50 #505A57

split-complementary

#52505A #5A5750 #535A50

monochromatic

#171619 #34333A #52505A #706D7A #8E8C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#52505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#52505A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52505A

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52505A	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E515A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.016 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828188',
    500: '#52505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52505a;
$custom-light: #828188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4368,
    "c": 0.01642,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52505A

secondary

#86887E

accent

#AF79A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52505A

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

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