#5A685E#5A685E

#5A685E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.023 H 154.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A685E
RGB	rgb(90, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(137, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(137, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, -7.49, 3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 8.42, 152.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% -0.0209 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.023 154.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1867, 12.8822, 12.4847)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A685E #685A64

analogous

#5D685A #5A685E #5A6865

triadic

#5A685E #5E5A68 #685E5A

tetradic

#5A685E #5A5D68 #685A64 #68655A

square

#5A685E #5A5D68 #685A64 #68655A

split-complementary

#5A685E #655A68 #685A5D

monochromatic

#212623 #3E4740 #5A685E #76897C #97A59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#5A685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#5A685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A685E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A685E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65645F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#586865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.023 154.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88938b',
    500: '#5a685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a685e;
$custom-light: #88938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50229,
    "c": 0.02317,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A685E

secondary

#958991

accent

#78A0B0

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#EFF1F0

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0D0C

muted

#7C7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A685E

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

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