#5A4E59#5A4E59

#5A4E59 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.024 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A4E59
RGB	rgb(90, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(305, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(305, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 1.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 7.23, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 8.57, 327.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.0201 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.024 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7438, 8.3438, 10.5992)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A4E59 #4E5A4F

analogous

#554E5A #5A4E59 #5A4E53

triadic

#5A4E59 #595A4E #4E595A

tetradic

#5A4E59 #5A554E #4E5A4F #4E535A

square

#5A4E59 #5A554E #4E5A4F #4E535A

split-complementary

#5A4E59 #535A4E #4E5A55

monochromatic

#181518 #393239 #5A4E59 #7B6A79 #998998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#5A4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5A4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A4E59

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A4E59	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B4F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.024 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#887f87',
    500: '#5a4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a4e59;
$custom-light: #887f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43973,
    "c": 0.02352,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A4E59

secondary

#7C887D

accent

#B07C78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A4E59

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

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