#5B4E56#5B4E56

#5B4E56 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.021 H 340.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E56
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(323, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(323, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.69, 7.00, -2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.69, 7.50, 338.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.0201 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.021 340.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7183, 8.3450, 9.9538)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E56 #4E5B53

analogous

#594E5B #5B4E56 #5B4E4F

triadic

#5B4E56 #565B4E #4E565B

tetradic

#5B4E56 #5B594E #4E5B53 #4E4F5B

square

#5B4E56 #5B594E #4E5B53 #4E4F5B

split-complementary

#5B4E56 #4F5B4E #4E5B59

monochromatic

#191618 #3A3237 #5B4E56 #7C6A75 #9A8994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#5B4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5B4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E56

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E56	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D4E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.021 340.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f85',
    500: '#5b4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e56;
$custom-light: #897f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.077,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43966,
    "c": 0.02131,
    "h": 340.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E56

secondary

#7C8981

accent

#B18D77

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E56

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

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