#5E685E#5E685E

#5E685E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.020 H 145.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E685E
RGB	rgb(94, 104, 94)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(120, 10%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, -5.94, 4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 7.36, 143.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% -0.0163 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.02 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5864, 13.0883, 12.5034)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E685E #685E68

analogous

#63685E #5E685E #5E6863

triadic

#5E685E #5E5E68 #685E5E

tetradic

#5E685E #5E6368 #685E68 #68635E

square

#5E685E #5E6368 #685E68 #68635E

split-complementary

#5E685E #635E68 #685E63

monochromatic

#242824 #414841 #5E685E #7B887B #9BA59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#5E685E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#5E685E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E685E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E685E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E685E	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68665D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e685e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 104, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.020 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b938b',
    500: '#5e685e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e685e;
$custom-light: #8b938b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e685e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.051,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50554,
    "c": 0.01982,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E685E

secondary

#958D95

accent

#7AAEAE

background

#F8F9F8

surface

#F0F1F0

border

#CBCBCB

text

#0C0D0C

muted

#7D7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E685E

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

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