#525E5E#525E5E

#525E5E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.015 H 196.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525E5E
RGB	rgb(82, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 0%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, -4.62, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 4.88, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.16% -0.0143 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(47.16% 0.015 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5023, 10.6072, 12.1343)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525E5E #5E5252

analogous

#525E58 #525E5E #52585E

triadic

#525E5E #5E525E #5E5E52

tetradic

#525E5E #58525E #5E5252 #585E52

square

#525E5E #58525E #5E5252 #585E52

split-complementary

#525E5E #5E5258 #5E5852

monochromatic

#191D1D #353D3D #525E5E #6F7F7F #8E9C9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#525E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#525E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525E5E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525E5E	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.015 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828b8b',
    500: '#525e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525e5e;
$custom-light: #828b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47162,
    "c": 0.0149,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525E5E

secondary

#8C8080

accent

#7878B0

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEF0F0

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0C

muted

#7C7D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #525E5E

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

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