#5A585E#5A585E

#5A585E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.010 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A585E
RGB	rgb(90, 88, 94)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 6%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 2.09, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 3.80, 303.37°)
OKLab	oklab(46.43% 0.0051 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(46.43% 0.01 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7262, 9.9613, 11.9978)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A585E #5C5E58

analogous

#58595E #5A585E #5D585E

triadic

#5A585E #5E5A58 #585E5A

tetradic

#5A585E #5E5859 #5C5E58 #585E5D

square

#5A585E #5E5859 #5C5E58 #585E5D

split-complementary

#5A585E #5E5D58 #595E58

monochromatic

#1D1D1F #3C3A3E #5A585E #78767E #97959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#5A585E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5A585E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A585E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A585E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A585E	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57595E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59595A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a585e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 88, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.010 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88878b',
    500: '#5a585e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a585e;
$custom-light: #88878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a585e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.297,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46434,
    "c": 0.00988,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A585E

secondary

#8A8C86

accent

#AC7B9C

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A585E

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

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