#52545E#52545E

#52545E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.016 H 276.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52545E
RGB	rgb(82, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(230, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.87, 1.48, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.87, 6.25, 283.74°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.0019 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.016 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6699, 8.9425, 11.8568)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52545E #5E5C52

analogous

#525A5E #52545E #56525E

triadic

#52545E #5E5254 #545E52

tetradic

#52545E #5E525A #5E5C52 #525E56

square

#52545E #5E525A #5E5C52 #525E56

split-complementary

#52545E #5E5652 #5A5E52

monochromatic

#191A1D #35373D #52545E #6F717F #8E909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#52545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#52545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52545E

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52545E	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51555E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.016 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82848b',
    500: '#52545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52545e;
$custom-light: #82848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44771,
    "c": 0.01647,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52545E

secondary

#8C8A80

accent

#A778B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52545E

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

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