#635B59#635B59

#635B59 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.011 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#635B59
RGB	rgb(99, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(12, 5%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(12, 10%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 10.1%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 2.83, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 3.65, 39.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.009 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.011 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6897, 10.8562, 10.9816)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#635B59 #596163

analogous

#63595C #635B59 #636059

triadic

#635B59 #59635B #5B5963

tetradic

#635B59 #5C6359 #596163 #605963

square

#635B59 #5C6359 #596163 #605963

split-complementary

#635B59 #596360 #595C63

monochromatic

#23201F #433D3C #635B59 #837976 #A19896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#635B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#635B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #635B59

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##635B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##635B59	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#655A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #635b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(99, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.011 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f8987',
    500: '#635b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #635b59;
$custom-light: #8f8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#635b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 99,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 5.319,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47812,
    "c": 0.01088,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#635B59

secondary

#888E90

accent

#A4AE79

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0F0EF

border

#CBCBCA

text

#0C0B0B

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #635B59

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

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