#5B4E52#5B4E52

#5B4E52 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.018 H 357.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E52
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 82)
HSL	hsl(342, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(342, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 9.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 6.19, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 6.20, 356.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0184 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.018 357.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5616, 8.2823, 9.1286)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E52 #4E5B57

analogous

#5B4E58 #5B4E52 #5B504E

triadic

#5B4E52 #525B4E #4E525B

tetradic

#5B4E52 #585B4E #4E5B57 #504E5B

square

#5B4E52 #585B4E #4E5B57 #504E5B

split-complementary

#5B4E52 #4E5B50 #4E585B

monochromatic

#191617 #3A3234 #5B4E52 #7C6A70 #9A898E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#5B4E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B4E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E52

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E52	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.018 357.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f82',
    500: '#5b4e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e52;
$custom-light: #897f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.538,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43825,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 357.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E52

secondary

#7C8985

accent

#B19F77

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E52

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →