#5B4E59#5B4E59

#5B4E59 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.024 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E59
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(309, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(309, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, 7.63, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 8.83, 329.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.08% 0.0214 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(44.08% 0.024 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.8417, 8.3943, 10.6038)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E59 #4E5B50

analogous

#564E5B #5B4E59 #5B4E52

triadic

#5B4E59 #595B4E #4E595B

tetradic

#5B4E59 #5B564E #4E5B50 #4E525B

square

#5B4E59 #5B564E #4E5B50 #4E525B

split-complementary

#5B4E59 #525B4E #4E5B56

monochromatic

#191619 #3A3239 #5B4E59 #7C6A79 #9A8998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#5B4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#5B4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E59

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E59	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C4F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.024 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#897f87',
    500: '#5b4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e59;
$custom-light: #897f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44076,
    "c": 0.0244,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E59

secondary

#7C897E

accent

#B18077

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E59

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

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