#505656#505656

#505656 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.008 H 196.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505656
RGB	rgb(80, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.05, -2.38, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.05, 2.51, 199.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% -0.0073 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.008 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3154, 9.0328, 10.1077)
Luminance	0.0903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505656 #565050

analogous

#505653 #505656 #505356

triadic

#505656 #565056 #565650

tetradic

#505656 #535056 #565050 #535650

square

#505656 #535056 #565050 #535650

split-complementary

#505656 #565053 #565350

monochromatic

#151717 #333636 #505656 #6D7676 #8C9494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#505656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#505656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505656

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505656	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.008 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818585',
    500: '#505656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505656;
$custom-light: #818585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.614,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44779,
    "c": 0.00766,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505656

secondary

#847E7E

accent

#7B7BAD

background

#F7F8F8

surface

#EEEFEF

border

#C9CACA

text

#0A0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #505656

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

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