#5E656E#5E656E

#5E656E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.017 H 254.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E656E
RGB	rgb(94, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(214, 8%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(214, 15%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 8.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, -0.65, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 6.02, 263.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0044 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.017 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0836, 12.8126, 16.5853)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E656E #6E675E

analogous

#5E6D6E #5E656E #5F5E6E

triadic

#5E656E #6E5E65 #656E5E

tetradic

#5E656E #6E5E6D #6E675E #5E6E5F

square

#5E656E #6E5E6D #6E675E #5E6E5F

split-complementary

#5E656E #6E5F5E #6D6E5E

monochromatic

#26282C #42474D #5E656E #7B838E #9CA2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#5E656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#5E656E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E656E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E656E	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60646E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.017 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9097',
    500: '#5e656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e656e;
$custom-light: #8b9097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 7.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50384,
    "c": 0.01673,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E656E

secondary

#9A958E

accent

#9877B1

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0F0F2

border

#CBCBCC

text

#0C0C0D

muted

#7D7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E656E

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

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