#52505C#52505C

#52505C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.020 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52505C
RGB	rgb(82, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(250, 7%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(250, 13%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 13%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.61, 3.51, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.61, 7.57, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0078 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.02 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2797, 8.3038, 11.2897)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52505C #5A5C50

analogous

#50545C #52505C #58505C

triadic

#52505C #5C5250 #505C52

tetradic

#52505C #5C5054 #5A5C50 #505C58

square

#52505C #5C5054 #5A5C50 #505C58

split-complementary

#52505C #5C5850 #545C50

monochromatic

#18171B #35343B #52505C #6F6C7D #8E8C9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#52505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#52505C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52505C

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52505C	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E525D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E515C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.020 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82818a',
    500: '#52505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52505c;
$custom-light: #82818a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43758,
    "c": 0.01965,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52505C

secondary

#888A7E

accent

#B078A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52505C

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

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