#535A4E#535A4E

#535A4E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.021 H 132.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#535A4E
RGB	rgb(83, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(95, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(95, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, -5.29, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 8.00, 131.40°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% -0.0141 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.021 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5984, 9.7013, 8.6258)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#535A4E #554E5A

analogous

#595A4E #535A4E #4E5A4F

triadic

#535A4E #4E535A #5A4E53

tetradic

#535A4E #4E595A #554E5A #5A4F4E

square

#535A4E #4E595A #554E5A #5A4F4E

split-complementary

#535A4E #4F4E5A #5A4E59

monochromatic

#171815 #353932 #535A4E #717B6A #909989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#535A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#535A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #535A4E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##535A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##535A4E	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A584E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #535a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.021 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83887f',
    500: '#535a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #535a4e;
$custom-light: #83887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#535a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45757,
    "c": 0.021,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#535A4E

secondary

#837C88

accent

#78B099

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0A0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #535A4E

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

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