#5E5352

Closest named color: Dusty Grape (#545775). oklch(45.3% 0.015 23.9), rgb(94, 83, 82).

White text reads best on this color (7.40:1).

About this color

#5E5352 is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 45%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Dusty Grape (#545775), ΔE 0.056 away. White text reads best on it, at 7.40:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (45%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Dusty Grape (#545775)
Black text	2.83:1
White text	7.40:1

Values

HEX	#5E5352
RGB	rgb(94, 83, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 7%, 35%)
OKLCH	oklch(45.3% 0.015 23.9)

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 #5E5352	7.40:1	AAA	Lc -90.6	Preferred for body text
Black text on #5E5352	2.83:1	Fails	Lc 18.3	Dividers and decoration only
#5E5352 text on white	7.40:1	AAA	Lc 85.8	Fine for body text
#5E5352 text on black	2.83:1	Fails	Lc -16.3	Dividers and decoration only

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

#C6BEBE

oklch(80.8% 0.009 17.3)
Step 400
400

#A99D9C

oklch(70.6% 0.014 23.3)
Step 500
500

#948684

oklch(63.2% 0.017 27.4)
Step 600
600

#7E6F6E

oklch(55.5% 0.019 22.3)
Step 700
700

#6B5D5C

oklch(49.2% 0.018 22.7)
Step 800
800 (this color)

#5E5352

oklch(45.3% 0.015 23.9)
Step 900
900

#483F3F

oklch(37.7% 0.012 17.7)
Step 950
950

#2A2525

oklch(27% 0.008 17.6)

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#5E5352 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)	#555452	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#575652	0.014
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#615253	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#555555	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 #5E5352, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #5E5352 in your product

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