#5B5259#5B5259

#5B5259 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.016 H 333.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B5259
RGB	rgb(91, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(313, 5%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(313, 10%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.95, 5.12, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.95, 5.81, 331.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.98% 0.0144 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(44.98% 0.016 333.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1346, 8.9801, 10.7014)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B5259 #525B54

analogous

#59525B #5B5259 #5B5255

triadic

#5B5259 #595B52 #52595B

tetradic

#5B5259 #5B5952 #525B54 #52555B

square

#5B5259 #5B5952 #525B54 #52555B

split-complementary

#5B5259 #555B52 #525B59

monochromatic

#1B181A #3B353A #5B5259 #7B6F78 #998E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5B5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B5259

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B5259	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.016 333.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898287',
    500: '#5b5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b5259;
$custom-light: #898287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.333,
    "s": 5.202,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44975,
    "c": 0.01613,
    "h": 333.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B5259

secondary

#808982

accent

#AE8579

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B5259

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

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