#5A5259#5A5259

#5A5259 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.015 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5259
RGB	rgb(90, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(308, 5%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(308, 9%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 1.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.85, 4.72, -2.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.85, 5.54, 328.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.0132 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.015 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.0367, 8.9296, 10.6968)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5259 #525A53

analogous

#57525A #5A5259 #5A5255

triadic

#5A5259 #595A52 #52595A

tetradic

#5A5259 #5A5752 #525A53 #52555A

square

#5A5259 #5A5752 #525A53 #52555A

split-complementary

#5A5259 #555A52 #525A57

monochromatic

#1A181A #3A3539 #5A5259 #7A6F79 #988E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5A5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#5A5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5259

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5259	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.015 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888287',
    500: '#5a5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5259;
$custom-light: #888287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 4.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44876,
    "c": 0.01521,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5259

secondary

#808881

accent

#AE807A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5259

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

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