#5D5259#5D5259

#5D5259 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.018 H 339.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D5259
RGB	rgb(93, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(322, 6%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(322, 12%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 4.3%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, 5.93, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 6.40, 337.78°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% 0.017 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.018 339.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3345, 9.0832, 10.7107)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D5259 #525D56

analogous

#5C525D #5D5259 #5D5254

triadic

#5D5259 #595D52 #52595D

tetradic

#5D5259 #5D5C52 #525D56 #52545D

square

#5D5259 #5D5C52 #525D56 #52545D

split-complementary

#5D5259 #545D52 #525D5C

monochromatic

#1C191B #3C353A #5D5259 #7E6F78 #9B8E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#5D5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#5D5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D5259

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D5259	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E5254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.018 339.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8287',
    500: '#5d5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d5259;
$custom-light: #8b8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 321.818,
    "s": 6.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45177,
    "c": 0.01812,
    "h": 339.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D5259

secondary

#808B84

accent

#AF8C78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D5259

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

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