#5E545A#5E545A

#5E545A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.016 H 341.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E545A
RGB	rgb(94, 84, 90)
HSL	hsl(324, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(324, 11%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 4.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 5.29, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 5.66, 339.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.76% 0.0152 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(45.76% 0.016 341)
XYZ	xyz(9.6317, 9.4587, 10.9892)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E545A #545E58

analogous

#5D545E #5E545A #5E5455

triadic

#5E545A #5A5E54 #545A5E

tetradic

#5E545A #5E5D54 #545E58 #54555E

square

#5E545A #5E5D54 #545E58 #54555E

split-complementary

#5E545A #555E54 #545E5D

monochromatic

#1D1A1C #3E373B #5E545A #7E7179 #9C9097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#5E545A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5E545A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E545A

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E545A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E545A	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56575A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e545a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 84, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.016 341.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8488',
    500: '#5e545a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e545a;
$custom-light: #8b8488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e545a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45764,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 341
  },
  "luminance": 0.09459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E545A

secondary

#828C86

accent

#AF8F79

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFEF

border

#CBCACA

text

#0C0A0B

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E545A

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

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