#5E585E#5E585E

#5E585E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.012 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E585E
RGB	rgb(94, 88, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.14, 3.66, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.14, 4.48, 324.76°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.0101 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.012 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1259, 10.1674, 12.0166)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E585E #585E58

analogous

#5B585E #5E585E #5E585B

triadic

#5E585E #5E5E58 #585E5E

tetradic

#5E585E #5E5B58 #585E58 #585B5E

square

#5E585E #5E5B58 #585E58 #585B5E

split-complementary

#5E585E #5B5E58 #585E5B

monochromatic

#1F1D1F #3E3A3E #5E585E #7E767E #9C959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#5E585E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#5E585E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E585E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E585E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E585E	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E585A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e585e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 88, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.012 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b878b',
    500: '#5e585e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e585e;
$custom-light: #8b878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e585e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.297,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46811,
    "c": 0.01218,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E585E

secondary

#868C86

accent

#AC7B7B

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFF0

border

#CBCACB

text

#0C0B0C

muted

#7D7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E585E

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

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