#525957#525957

#525957 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.009 H 177.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525957
RGB	rgb(82, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(163, 4%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(163, 8%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 2.2%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, -3.20, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 3.21, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(45.71% -0.0094 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(45.71% 0.009 177)
XYZ	xyz(8.7720, 9.6266, 10.4110)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525957 #595254

analogous

#525953 #525957 #525759

triadic

#525957 #575259 #595752

tetradic

#525957 #535259 #595254 #575952

square

#525957 #535259 #595254 #575952

split-complementary

#525957 #595257 #595352

monochromatic

#171919 #353938 #525957 #6F7976 #8E9795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#525957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#525957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525957

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525957	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.009 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828786',
    500: '#525957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525957;
$custom-light: #828786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 4.094,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45711,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.09627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525957

secondary

#878082

accent

#7B89AD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #525957

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

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