#52565C#52565C

#52565C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.011 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52565C
RGB	rgb(82, 86, 92)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, -0.23, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 4.03, 266.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.17% -0.0022 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(45.17% 0.011 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7388, 9.2220, 11.4428)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52565C #5C5852

analogous

#525B5C #52565C #53525C

triadic

#52565C #5C5256 #565C52

tetradic

#52565C #5C525B #5C5852 #525C53

square

#52565C #5C525B #5C5852 #525C53

split-complementary

#52565C #5C5352 #5B5C52

monochromatic

#181A1B #35383C #52565C #6F747C #8E939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#52565C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#52565C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52565C

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52565C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52565C	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53555C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52565c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 86, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.011 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82858a',
    500: '#52565c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52565c;
$custom-light: #82858a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52565c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 5.747,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45168,
    "c": 0.01104,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52565C

secondary

#8A8680

accent

#9979AF

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #52565C

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

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