#5E525E#5E525E

#5E525E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.025 H 326.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E525E
RGB	rgb(94, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 7.38, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 9.00, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(45.46% 0.0203 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(45.46% 0.025 326)
XYZ	xyz(9.6535, 9.2226, 11.8591)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E525E #525E52

analogous

#58525E #5E525E #5E5258

triadic

#5E525E #5E5E52 #525E5E

tetradic

#5E525E #5E5852 #525E52 #52585E

square

#5E525E #5E5852 #525E52 #52585E

split-complementary

#5E525E #585E52 #525E58

monochromatic

#1D191D #3D353D #5E525E #7F6F7F #9C8E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5E525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E525E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E525E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E525E	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51555F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.025 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b828b',
    500: '#5e525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e525e;
$custom-light: #8b828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45462,
    "c": 0.02452,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.09222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E525E

secondary

#808C80

accent

#B07878

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEF0

border

#CBC9CB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E525E

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

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