#5B4E4E#5B4E4E

#5B4E4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.017 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E4E
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 14.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, 5.41, 2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 5.77, 20.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.0166 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.017 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4139, 8.2232, 8.3503)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E4E #4E5B5B

analogous

#5B4E54 #5B4E4E #5B544E

triadic

#5B4E4E #4E5B4E #4E4E5B

tetradic

#5B4E4E #545B4E #4E5B5B #544E5B

square

#5B4E4E #545B4E #4E5B5B #544E5B

split-complementary

#5B4E4E #4E5B54 #4E545B

monochromatic

#191616 #3A3232 #5B4E4E #7C6A6A #9A8989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#5B4E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5B4E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E4E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E4E	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50504E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.017 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f7f',
    500: '#5b4e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e4e;
$custom-light: #897f7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43691,
    "c": 0.01743,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E4E

secondary

#7C8989

accent

#B1B177

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E4E

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

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