#525E68#525E68

#525E68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.022 H 243.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#525E68
RGB	rgb(82, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(207, 12%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(207, 21%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, -2.21, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 7.58, 253.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% -0.0099 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.022 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.9804, 10.7985, 14.6525)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#525E68 #685C52

analogous

#526867 #525E68 #525368

triadic

#525E68 #68525E #5E6852

tetradic

#525E68 #675268 #685C52 #536852

square

#525E68 #675268 #685C52 #536852

split-complementary

#525E68 #685253 #686752

monochromatic

#1C2024 #373F46 #525E68 #6D7D8A #8E9BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#525E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#525E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #525E68

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##525E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##525E68	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C6061

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #525e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.022 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#838b93',
    500: '#525e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #525e68;
$custom-light: #838b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#525e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 11.828,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4753,
    "c": 0.02201,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#525E68

secondary

#958A81

accent

#9173B5

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #525E68

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

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