#5A4E56#5A4E56

#5A4E56 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.020 H 338.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E56
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(320, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(320, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.59, 6.59, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.59, 7.18, 336.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.0188 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.02 338.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6204, 8.2945, 9.9492)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E56 #4E5A52

analogous

#584E5A #5A4E56 #5A4E50

triadic

#5A4E56 #565A4E #4E565A

tetradic

#5A4E56 #5A584E #4E5A52 #4E505A

square

#5A4E56 #5A584E #4E5A52 #4E505A

split-complementary

#5A4E56 #505A4E #4E5A58

monochromatic

#181517 #393237 #5A4E56 #7B6A75 #998994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5A4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5A4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E56

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E56	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.020 338.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f85',
    500: '#5a4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e56;
$custom-light: #887f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43862,
    "c": 0.02026,
    "h": 338.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E56

secondary

#7C8880

accent

#B08A78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E56

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

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