#52524E#52524E

#52524E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.006 H 106.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52524E
RGB	rgb(82, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, -0.84, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 2.49, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% -0.0018 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.006 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8719, 8.3785, 8.4088)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52524E #4E4E52

analogous

#52504E #52524E #50524E

triadic

#52524E #4E5252 #524E52

tetradic

#52524E #4E5250 #4E4E52 #524E50

square

#52524E #4E5250 #4E4E52 #524E50

split-complementary

#52524E #4E5052 #504E52

monochromatic

#131312 #333330 #52524E #71716C #90908A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#52524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#52524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52524E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52524E	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.006 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82827f',
    500: '#52524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52524e;
$custom-light: #82827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43727,
    "c": 0.00644,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52524E

secondary

#7C7C80

accent

#7CAC7C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52524E

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

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