#5B4E55#5B4E55

#5B4E55 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.020 H 344.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E55
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 85)
HSL	hsl(328, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(328, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 6.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, 6.79, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 7.11, 342.72°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.0197 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.02 344.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6783, 8.3290, 9.7431)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E55 #4E5B54

analogous

#5A4E5B #5B4E55 #5B4E4E

triadic

#5B4E55 #555B4E #4E555B

tetradic

#5B4E55 #5B5A4E #4E5B54 #4E4E5B

square

#5B4E55 #5B5A4E #4E5B54 #4E4E5B

split-complementary

#5B4E55 #4E5B4E #4E5B5A

monochromatic

#191617 #3A3236 #5B4E55 #7C6A74 #9A8992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#5B4E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5B4E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E55

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E55	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.020 344.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f84',
    500: '#5b4e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e55;
$custom-light: #897f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.692,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4393,
    "c": 0.02043,
    "h": 344.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E55

secondary

#7C8982

accent

#B19277

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E55

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

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