#5B4F4E#5B4F4E

#5B4F4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.016 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4F4E
RGB	rgb(91, 79, 78)
HSL	hsl(5, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 14.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.73, 4.78, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.73, 5.36, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0148 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.016 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4854, 8.3664, 8.3741)
Luminance	0.0837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4F4E #4E5A5B

analogous

#5B4E53 #5B4F4E #5B554E

triadic

#5B4F4E #4E5B4F #4F4E5B

tetradic

#5B4F4E #535B4E #4E5A5B #554E5B

square

#5B4F4E #535B4E #4E5A5B #554E5B

split-complementary

#5B4F4E #4E5B55 #4E535B

monochromatic

#191616 #3A3232 #5B4F4E #7C6C6A #9A8B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#5B4F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5B4F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4F4E

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4F4E	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51504E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 79, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.016 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89807f',
    500: '#5b4f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4f4e;
$custom-light: #89807f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43918,
    "c": 0.01615,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4F4E

secondary

#7C8889

accent

#ACB177

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4F4E

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

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