#5E5E72#5E5E72

#5E5E72 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.032 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5E72
RGB	rgb(94, 94, 114)
HSL	hsl(240, 10%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(240, 18%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 4.56, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 12.17, 292.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.0083 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.032 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6554, 11.5999, 17.5413)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5E72 #72725E

analogous

#5E6872 #5E5E72 #685E72

triadic

#5E5E72 #725E5E #5E725E

tetradic

#5E5E72 #725E68 #72725E #5E7268

square

#5E5E72 #725E68 #72725E #5E7268

split-complementary

#5E5E72 #72685E #68725E

monochromatic

#27272F #424250 #5E5E72 #7B7B92 #9D9DAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#5E5E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#5E5E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5E72

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5E72	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 94, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.032 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8b9a',
    500: '#5e5e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5e72;
$custom-light: #8c8b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 9.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48938,
    "c": 0.0318,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5E72

secondary

#9D9D8F

accent

#B375B3

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0C0E

muted

#7D7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5E72

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

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