#5A4E55#5A4E55

#5A4E55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.019 H 342.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E55
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(325, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(325, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 5.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 6.38, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 6.78, 340.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0184 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.019 342)
XYZ	xyz(8.5804, 8.2785, 9.7385)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E55 #4E5A53

analogous

#594E5A #5A4E55 #5A4E4F

triadic

#5A4E55 #555A4E #4E555A

tetradic

#5A4E55 #5A594E #4E5A53 #4E4F5A

square

#5A4E55 #5A594E #4E5A53 #4E4F5A

split-complementary

#5A4E55 #4F5A4E #4E5A59

monochromatic

#181517 #393236 #5A4E55 #7B6A74 #998993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#5A4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5A4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E55

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E55	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.019 342.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f84',
    500: '#5a4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e55;
$custom-light: #887f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43826,
    "c": 0.01933,
    "h": 342
  },
  "luminance": 0.08278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E55

secondary

#7C8881

accent

#B08F78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E55

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

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