#52545C#52545C

#52545C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.013 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52545C
RGB	rgb(82, 84, 92)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(228, 11%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.80, 1.01, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.80, 5.02, 281.61°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.0011 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.013 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5814, 8.9071, 11.3903)
Luminance	0.0891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52545C #5C5A52

analogous

#52595C #52545C #55525C

triadic

#52545C #5C5254 #545C52

tetradic

#52545C #5C5259 #5C5A52 #525C55

square

#52545C #5C5259 #5C5A52 #525C55

split-complementary

#52545C #5C5552 #595C52

monochromatic

#18191B #35363C #52545C #6F727C #8E919A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.55

#52545C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#52545C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52545C

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52545C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52545C	1.00	7.55	2.78	7.55
#FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52555C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52545c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 84, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.013 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82848a',
    500: '#52545c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52545c;
$custom-light: #82848a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52545c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 5.747,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44695,
    "c": 0.01326,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52545C

secondary

#8A8880

accent

#A479AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52545C

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

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