#5A4E4E#5A4E4E

#5A4E4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.016 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E4E
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 13.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 4.99, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 5.31, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.0153 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.016 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3159, 8.1727, 8.3457)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E4E #4E5A5A

analogous

#5A4E54 #5A4E4E #5A544E

triadic

#5A4E4E #4E5A4E #4E4E5A

tetradic

#5A4E4E #545A4E #4E5A5A #544E5A

square

#5A4E4E #545A4E #4E5A5A #544E5A

split-complementary

#5A4E4E #4E5A54 #4E545A

monochromatic

#181515 #393232 #5A4E4E #7B6A6A #998989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5A4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5A4E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E4E

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E4E	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.016 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f7f',
    500: '#5a4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e4e;
$custom-light: #887f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43586,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E4E

secondary

#7C8888

accent

#B0B078

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E4E

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

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