#5E5050#5E5050

#5E5050 is a dark, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.019 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5050
RGB	rgb(94, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 8%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 15%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 14.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.39, 5.81, 2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.39, 6.19, 20.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.0178 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.019 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9327, 8.6964, 8.7959)
Luminance	0.0870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5050 #505E5E

analogous

#5E5057 #5E5050 #5E5750

triadic

#5E5050 #505E50 #50505E

tetradic

#5E5050 #575E50 #505E5E #57505E

square

#5E5050 #575E50 #505E5E #57505E

split-complementary

#5E5050 #505E57 #50575E

monochromatic

#1C1818 #3D3434 #5E5050 #7F6C6C #9D8C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.67

#5E5050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#5E5050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5050

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5050	1.00	7.67	2.74	7.67
#FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#614F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.019 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8181',
    500: '#5e5050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5050;
$custom-light: #8b8181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 8.046,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44525,
    "c": 0.0187,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5050

secondary

#7E8C8C

accent

#B1B177

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#F0EEEE

border

#CBC9C9

text

#0C0A0A

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5050

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

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