#5E685C#5E685C

#5E685C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.022 H 140.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E685C
RGB	rgb(94, 104, 92)
HSL	hsl(110, 6%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(110, 12%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -6.35, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 8.38, 139.28°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% -0.0172 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.022 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4978, 13.0529, 12.0369)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E685C #665C68

analogous

#64685C #5E685C #5C6860

triadic

#5E685C #5C5E68 #685C5E

tetradic

#5E685C #5C6468 #665C68 #68605C

square

#5E685C #5C6468 #665C68 #68605C

split-complementary

#5E685C #605C68 #685C64

monochromatic

#232723 #41483F #5E685C #7B8879 #9BA599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#5E685C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#5E685C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E685C

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E685C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E685C	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69665B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E6764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e685c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 104, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.022 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b938a',
    500: '#5e685c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e685c;
$custom-light: #8b938a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e685c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50495,
    "c": 0.02233,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E685C

secondary

#938B95

accent

#79AFA6

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0B

muted

#7D7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E685C

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

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