#5E5259#5E5259

#5E5259 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.019 H 342.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5259
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(325, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(325, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 5.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.24, 6.33, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.24, 6.72, 340.34°)
OKLab	oklab(45.28% 0.0182 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(45.28% 0.019 342)
XYZ	xyz(9.4364, 9.1357, 10.7155)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5259 #525E57

analogous

#5D525E #5E5259 #5E5253

triadic

#5E5259 #595E52 #52595E

tetradic

#5E5259 #5E5D52 #525E57 #52535E

square

#5E5259 #5E5D52 #525E57 #52535E

split-complementary

#5E5259 #535E52 #525E5D

monochromatic

#1D191B #3D353A #5E5259 #7F6F78 #9C8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#5E5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#5E5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5259

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5259	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#605254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.019 342.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8287',
    500: '#5e5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5259;
$custom-light: #8b8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45279,
    "c": 0.01917,
    "h": 342
  },
  "luminance": 0.09136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5259

secondary

#808C85

accent

#B08F78

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0C0A0B

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5259

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

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