#5B554E#5B554E

#5B554E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.014 H 71.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B554E
RGB	rgb(91, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(32, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(32, 14%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 14.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 1.07, 4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 5.07, 77.80°)
OKLab	oklab(45.3% 0.0043 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.014 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9379, 9.2713, 8.5250)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5B554E #4E545B

analogous

#5B4E4E #5B554E #5A5B4E

triadic

#5B554E #4E5B55 #554E5B

tetradic

#5B554E #4E5B4E #4E545B #5B4E5A

square

#5B554E #4E5B4E #4E545B #5B4E5A

split-complementary

#5B554E #4E5A5B #4E4E5B

monochromatic

#191716 #3A3632 #5B554E #7C746A #9A9289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#5B554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B554E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B554E	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59564E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.014 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89847f',
    500: '#5b554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b554e;
$custom-light: #89847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45302,
    "c": 0.01365,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B554E

secondary

#7C8289

accent

#92B177

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0EFEE

border

#CBCAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B554E

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

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