#5E565E#5E565E

#5E565E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.016 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E565E
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 4.90, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 5.99, 324.87°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.0135 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.016 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9640, 9.8435, 11.9626)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E565E #565E56

analogous

#5A565E #5E565E #5E565A

triadic

#5E565E #5E5E56 #565E5E

tetradic

#5E565E #5E5A56 #565E56 #565A5E

square

#5E565E #5E5A56 #565E56 #565A5E

split-complementary

#5E565E #5A5E56 #565E5A

monochromatic

#1E1C1E #3E393E #5E565E #7E737E #9C939C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#5E565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#5E565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E565E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E565E	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56585E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57595E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F5759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.016 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b858b',
    500: '#5e565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e565e;
$custom-light: #8b858b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46358,
    "c": 0.01628,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E565E

secondary

#848C84

accent

#AE7A7A

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E565E

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

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