#5A585A#5A585A

#5A585A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A585A
RGB	rgb(90, 88, 90)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 2%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 1.22, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 1.50, 324.55°)
OKLab	oklab(46.29% 0.0034 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(46.29% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5513, 9.8913, 11.0769)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A585A #585A58

analogous

#59585A #5A585A #5A5859

triadic

#5A585A #5A5A58 #585A5A

tetradic

#5A585A #5A5958 #585A58 #58595A

square

#5A585A #5A5958 #585A58 #58595A

split-complementary

#5A585A #595A58 #585A59

monochromatic

#1C1B1C #3B3A3B #5A585A #797679 #979597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#5A585A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5A585A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A585A

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A585A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A585A	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58585A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58595A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A5859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a585a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 88, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888788',
    500: '#5a585a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a585a;
$custom-light: #888788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a585a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 1.124,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46293,
    "c": 0.00407,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A585A

secondary

#868886

accent

#AA7D7D

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFEF

border

#CACACA

text

#0B0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A585A

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

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