#5E545E#5E545E

#5E545E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.020 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E545E
RGB	rgb(94, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 11%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 6.14, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 7.49, 324.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% 0.0169 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.02 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8065, 9.5286, 11.9101)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E545E #545E54

analogous

#59545E #5E545E #5E5459

triadic

#5E545E #5E5E54 #545E5E

tetradic

#5E545E #5E5954 #545E54 #54595E

square

#5E545E #5E5954 #545E54 #54595E

split-complementary

#5E545E #595E54 #545E59

monochromatic

#1D1A1D #3E373E #5E545E #7E717E #9C909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#5E545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5E545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E545E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E545E	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53565E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55575E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.020 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b848b',
    500: '#5e545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e545e;
$custom-light: #8b848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45908,
    "c": 0.02039,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E545E

secondary

#828C82

accent

#AF7979

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0A0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E545E

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

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