#616255#616255

#616255 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.020 H 110.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#616255
RGB	rgb(97, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 7%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 13%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 13.3%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.11, -2.96, 7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.11, 7.86, 112.16°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% -0.0071 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.02 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9370, 11.9327, 10.3196)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#616255 #565562

analogous

#625C55 #616255 #5A6255

triadic

#616255 #556162 #625561

tetradic

#616255 #55625C #565562 #62555A

square

#616255 #55625C #565562 #62555A

split-complementary

#616255 #555A62 #5C5562

monochromatic

#20201C #414139 #616255 #818371 #9FA091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#616255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#616255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #616255

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##616255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##616255	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #616255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(97, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.020 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e8e84',
    500: '#616255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #616255;
$custom-light: #8e8e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#616255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 97,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 7.104,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49125,
    "c": 0.02016,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#616255

secondary

#84848F

accent

#78B07C

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0C0B

muted

#7D7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #616255

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

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