#524845

Closest named color: Charcoal Grey (#3C4142). oklch(41.1% 0.014 37.4), rgb(82, 72, 69).

White text reads best on this color (8.85:1).

About this color

#524845 is a dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 41%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Charcoal Grey (#3C4142), ΔE 0.045 away. White text reads best on it, at 8.85:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	dark (41%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Charcoal Grey (#3C4142)
Black text	2.37:1
White text	8.85:1

Values

HEX	#524845
RGB	rgb(82, 72, 69)
HSL	hsl(14, 9%, 30%)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.014 37.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #524845	8.85:1	AAA	Lc -94.7	Preferred for body text
Black text on #524845	2.37:1	Fails	Lc 13.7	Not readable
#524845 text on white	8.85:1	AAA	Lc 90.3	Preferred for body text
#524845 text on black	2.37:1	Fails	Lc -12.0	Not readable

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 800.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D7

oklch(88.5% 0.005 34.3)
Step 300
300

#C6BFBD

oklch(81% 0.008 36.5)
Step 400
400

#A99E9B

oklch(70.8% 0.014 35.7)
Step 500
500

#938682

oklch(63% 0.017 37.8)
Step 600
600

#7E706C

oklch(55.7% 0.019 36.5)
Step 700
700

#6A5D5A

oklch(49% 0.018 33.1)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#524845

oklch(41.1% 0.014 37.4)
Step 900
900

#47403D

oklch(37.8% 0.011 44.7)
Step 950
950

#2A2524

oklch(27% 0.008 31.1)

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#524845 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#4A4945	0.014
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#4C4B45	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#554747	0.007
Achromatopsia (no color)	#4A4A4A	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #524845, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #524845 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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