#5E5E52#5E5E52

#5E5E52 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.019 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5E52
RGB	rgb(94, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, -2.38, 6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 7.29, 109.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% -0.0055 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.019 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1416, 10.9944, 9.5689)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5E52 #52525E

analogous

#5E5852 #5E5E52 #585E52

triadic

#5E5E52 #525E5E #5E525E

tetradic

#5E5E52 #525E58 #52525E #5E5258

square

#5E5E52 #525E58 #52525E #5E5258

split-complementary

#5E5E52 #52585E #58525E

monochromatic

#1D1D19 #3D3D35 #5E5E52 #7F7F6F #9C9C8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#5E5E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#5E5E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5E52

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5E52	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#605C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.019 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8b82',
    500: '#5e5e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5e52;
$custom-light: #8b8b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47821,
    "c": 0.01871,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5E52

secondary

#80808C

accent

#78B078

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#F0F0EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0C0C0A

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5E52

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

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