#5D545E#5D545E

#5D545E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.020 H 322.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D545E
RGB	rgb(93, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(294, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(294, 11%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 5.74, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 7.27, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.81% 0.0156 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(45.81% 0.02 322.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7046, 9.4761, 11.9053)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D545E #555E54

analogous

#58545E #5D545E #5E545A

triadic

#5D545E #5E5D54 #545E5D

tetradic

#5D545E #5E5854 #555E54 #545A5E

square

#5D545E #5E5854 #555E54 #545A5E

split-complementary

#5D545E #5A5E54 #545E58

monochromatic

#1D1A1D #3D373E #5D545E #7D717E #9B909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#5D545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5D545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D545E

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D545E	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53565E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55575E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.020 322.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b848b',
    500: '#5d545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d545e;
$custom-light: #8b848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45808,
    "c": 0.01961,
    "h": 322.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D545E

secondary

#838C82

accent

#AF797E

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D545E

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

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