#525950#525950

#525950 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.017 H 138.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525950
RGB	rgb(82, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(107, 5%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(107, 10%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, -4.69, 4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 6.34, 137.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.49% -0.0127 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(45.49% 0.017 138.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4998, 9.5177, 8.9772)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525950 #575059

analogous

#565950 #525950 #505952

triadic

#525950 #505259 #595052

tetradic

#525950 #505659 #575059 #595250

square

#525950 #505659 #575059 #595250

split-complementary

#525950 #525059 #595056

monochromatic

#171916 #343933 #525950 #70796D #8E988C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#525950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#525950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525950

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525950	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.017 138.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828781',
    500: '#525950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525950;
$custom-light: #828781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.667,
    "s": 5.325,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45485,
    "c": 0.01686,
    "h": 138.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525950

secondary

#857E87

accent

#79AEA3

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #525950

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

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