#52545A#52545A

#52545A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.010 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52545A
RGB	rgb(82, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(225, 9%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 6.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.74, 0.54, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.74, 3.80, 278.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.62% 0.0002 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(44.62% 0.01 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4951, 8.8726, 10.9359)
Luminance	0.0887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52545A #5A5852

analogous

#52585A #52545A #54525A

triadic

#52545A #5A5254 #545A52

tetradic

#52545A #5A5258 #5A5852 #525A54

square

#52545A #5A5258 #5A5852 #525A54

split-complementary

#52545A #5A5452 #585A52

monochromatic

#18181A #35363A #52545A #6F727A #8E9198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#52545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#52545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52545A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52545A	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52545A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.010 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828488',
    500: '#52545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52545a;
$custom-light: #828488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4462,
    "c": 0.01009,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52545A

secondary

#888680

accent

#A17AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52545A

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

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