#5F5259#5F5259

#5F5259 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.020 H 344.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F5259
RGB	rgb(95, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(328, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(328, 14%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 6.3%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.35, 6.74, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.35, 7.06, 342.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% 0.0195 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.02 344.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5396, 9.1889, 10.7204)
Luminance	0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F5259 #525F58

analogous

#5F525F #5F5259 #5F5253

triadic

#5F5259 #595F52 #52595F

tetradic

#5F5259 #5F5F52 #525F58 #52535F

square

#5F5259 #5F5F52 #525F58 #52535F

split-complementary

#5F5259 #535F52 #525F5F

monochromatic

#1D191B #3E363A #5F5259 #806E78 #9D8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#5F5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5F5259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F5259

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F5259	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#615254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.020 344.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c8287',
    500: '#5f5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f5259;
$custom-light: #8c8287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.692,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45382,
    "c": 0.02026,
    "h": 344.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F5259

secondary

#808D86

accent

#B09277

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#F0EEEF

border

#CBC9CA

text

#0C0A0B

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F5259

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

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