#5E656D#5E656D

#5E656D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.015 H 251.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E656D
RGB	rgb(94, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(212, 7%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(212, 14%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -0.89, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 5.50, 260.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% -0.0048 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.015 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0295, 12.7910, 16.3002)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E656D #6D665E

analogous

#5E6D6D #5E656D #5F5E6D

triadic

#5E656D #6D5E65 #656D5E

tetradic

#5E656D #6D5E6D #6D665E #5E6D5F

square

#5E656D #6D5E6D #6D665E #5E6D5F

split-complementary

#5E656D #6D5F5E #6D6D5E

monochromatic

#25282B #42474C #5E656D #7B838D #9CA2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#5E656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#5E656D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E656D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E656D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#61646D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.015 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9096',
    500: '#5e656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e656d;
$custom-light: #8b9096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 7.389,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50348,
    "c": 0.0154,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E656D

secondary

#99948E

accent

#9677B0

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0C0D

muted

#7D7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E656D

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

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