#5B4E50#5B4E50

#5B4E50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.018 H 7.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E50
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 12.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.50, 5.79, 0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.50, 5.85, 8.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0175 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.018 7.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4866, 8.2523, 8.7337)
Luminance	0.0825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E50 #4E5B59

analogous

#5B4E56 #5B4E50 #5B524E

triadic

#5B4E50 #505B4E #4E505B

tetradic

#5B4E50 #565B4E #4E5B59 #524E5B

square

#5B4E50 #565B4E #4E5B59 #524E5B

split-complementary

#5B4E50 #4E5B52 #4E565B

monochromatic

#191616 #3A3233 #5B4E50 #7C6A6D #9A898C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.92

#5B4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5B4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E50

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E50	1.00	7.92	2.65	7.92
#FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.018 7.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f81',
    500: '#5b4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e50;
$custom-light: #897f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43757,
    "c": 0.01762,
    "h": 7.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E50

secondary

#7C8987

accent

#B1A877

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E50

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

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