#5A4E50#5A4E50

#5A4E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.016 H 6.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E50
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 11.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 5.38, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 5.42, 6.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.0162 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.016 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3887, 8.2018, 8.7291)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E50 #4E5A58

analogous

#5A4E56 #5A4E50 #5A524E

triadic

#5A4E50 #505A4E #4E505A

tetradic

#5A4E50 #565A4E #4E5A58 #524E5A

square

#5A4E50 #565A4E #4E5A58 #524E5A

split-complementary

#5A4E50 #4E5A52 #4E565A

monochromatic

#181516 #393233 #5A4E50 #7B6A6D #99898C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#5A4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5A4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E50

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E50	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.016 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f81',
    500: '#5a4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e50;
$custom-light: #887f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E50

secondary

#7C8886

accent

#B0A778

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E50

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

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