#59554E#59554E

#59554E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.012 H 81.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59554E
RGB	rgb(89, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(38, 12%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 12.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 0.23, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 4.67, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.11% 0.0018 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(45.11% 0.012 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7433, 9.1710, 8.5158)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59554E #4E5259

analogous

#594F4E #59554E #57594E

triadic

#59554E #4E5955 #554E59

tetradic

#59554E #4E594F #4E5259 #594E57

square

#59554E #4E594F #4E5259 #594E57

split-complementary

#59554E #4E5759 #4F4E59

monochromatic

#181715 #383631 #59554E #7A746B #989389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#59554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#59554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59554E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59554E	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58564E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.012 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88847f',
    500: '#59554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59554e;
$custom-light: #88847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 6.587,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45107,
    "c": 0.01232,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59554E

secondary

#7C8087

accent

#8CB078

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #59554E

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

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