#52565A#52565A

#52565A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.008 H 248.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52565A
RGB	rgb(82, 86, 90)
HSL	hsl(210, 5%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(210, 9%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.34, -0.69, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.34, 2.95, 256.47°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% -0.0031 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.008 248)
XYZ	xyz(8.6525, 9.1875, 10.9884)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52565A #5A5652

analogous

#525A5A #52565A #52525A

triadic

#52565A #5A5256 #565A52

tetradic

#52565A #5A525A #5A5652 #525A52

square

#52565A #5A525A #5A5652 #525A52

split-complementary

#52565A #5A5252 #5A5A52

monochromatic

#18191A #35373A #52565A #6F757A #8E9398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#52565A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#52565A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52565A

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52565A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52565A	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54555A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52565a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 86, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.008 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828588',
    500: '#52565a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52565a;
$custom-light: #828588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52565a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45095,
    "c": 0.0083,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.09188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52565A

secondary

#888480

accent

#947AAE

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52565A

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

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