#5B4E53#5B4E53

#5B4E53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.019 H 352.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E53
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 83)
HSL	hsl(337, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(337, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 8.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.60, 6.39, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.60, 6.46, 351.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.86% 0.0188 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(43.86% 0.019 352.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6000, 8.2976, 9.3305)
Luminance	0.0830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E53 #4E5B56

analogous

#5B4E59 #5B4E53 #5B4F4E

triadic

#5B4E53 #535B4E #4E535B

tetradic

#5B4E53 #595B4E #4E5B56 #4F4E5B

square

#5B4E53 #595B4E #4E5B56 #4F4E5B

split-complementary

#5B4E53 #4E5B4F #4E595B

monochromatic

#191617 #3A3235 #5B4E53 #7C6A71 #9A8990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5B4E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5B4E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E53

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E53	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.019 352.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f83',
    500: '#5b4e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e53;
$custom-light: #897f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.923,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43859,
    "c": 0.01896,
    "h": 352.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E53

secondary

#7C8984

accent

#B19B77

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E53

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

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