#5E685A#5E685A

#5E685A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.025 H 136.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E685A
RGB	rgb(94, 104, 90)
HSL	hsl(103, 7%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(103, 13%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 13.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, -6.75, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 9.44, 135.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% -0.0182 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.025 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4115, 13.0184, 11.5825)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E685A #645A68

analogous

#65685A #5E685A #5A685D

triadic

#5E685A #5A5E68 #685A5E

tetradic

#5E685A #5A6568 #645A68 #685D5A

square

#5E685A #5A6568 #645A68 #685D5A

split-complementary

#5E685A #5D5A68 #685A65

monochromatic

#232621 #40473E #5E685A #7C8976 #9BA597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#5E685A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#5E685A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E685A

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E685A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E685A	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E6764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e685a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 104, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.025 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9388',
    500: '#5e685a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e685a;
$custom-light: #8b9388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e685a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 7.216,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50436,
    "c": 0.02496,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E685A

secondary

#918995

accent

#78B0A0

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E685A

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

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