#525A4E#525A4E

#525A4E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.022 H 135.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525A4E
RGB	rgb(82, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(100, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(100, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 13.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, -5.70, 5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 8.18, 134.14°)
OKLab	oklab(45.67% -0.0153 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(45.67% 0.022 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5107, 9.6562, 8.6217)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525A4E #564E5A

analogous

#585A4E #525A4E #4E5A50

triadic

#525A4E #4E525A #5A4E52

tetradic

#525A4E #4E585A #564E5A #5A504E

square

#525A4E #4E585A #564E5A #5A504E

split-complementary

#525A4E #504E5A #5A4E58

monochromatic

#161815 #343932 #525A4E #707B6A #8F9989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#525A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#525A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525A4E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525A4E	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A574F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.022 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82887f',
    500: '#525a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525a4e;
$custom-light: #82887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4567,
    "c": 0.02158,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525A4E

secondary

#847C88

accent

#78B09D

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFEE

border

#C9CAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #525A4E

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

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