#525E56#525E56

#525E56 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.020 H 156.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525E56
RGB	rgb(82, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(140, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.67, -6.41, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.67, 7.09, 154.80°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% -0.018 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.02 156.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1617, 10.4710, 10.3407)
Luminance	0.1047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525E56 #5E525A

analogous

#545E52 #525E56 #525E5C

triadic

#525E56 #56525E #5E5652

tetradic

#525E56 #52545E #5E525A #5E5C52

square

#525E56 #52545E #5E525A #5E5C52

split-complementary

#525E56 #5C525E #5E5254

monochromatic

#191D1A #353D38 #525E56 #6F7F74 #8E9C93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#525E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#525E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525E56

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525E56	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.020 156.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828b85',
    500: '#525e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525e56;
$custom-light: #828b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46897,
    "c": 0.01962,
    "h": 156.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525E56

secondary

#8C8088

accent

#789DB0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0EF

border

#C9CBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #525E56

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

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