#52565E#52565E

#52565E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.014 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#52565E
RGB	rgb(82, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(220, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 8.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 0.24, -5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 5.18, 272.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% -0.0014 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.014 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8274, 9.2575, 11.9093)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#52565E #5E5A52

analogous

#525C5E #52565E #54525E

triadic

#52565E #5E5256 #565E52

tetradic

#52565E #5E525C #5E5A52 #525E54

square

#52565E #5E525C #5E5A52 #525E54

split-complementary

#52565E #5E5452 #5C5E52

monochromatic

#191A1D #35383D #52565E #6F747F #8E939C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#52565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#52565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #52565E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##52565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##52565E	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53555E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #52565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.014 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82858b',
    500: '#52565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #52565e;
$custom-light: #82858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#52565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45243,
    "c": 0.014,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#52565E

secondary

#8C8880

accent

#9D78B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFF0

border

#C9CACB

text

#0A0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #52565E

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

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