#56485E#56485E

#56485E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.040 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56485E
RGB	rgb(86, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 13%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(278, 23%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 10.59, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 15.08, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.0273 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.04 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1752, 7.4214, 11.5893)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56485E #505E48

analogous

#4B485E #56485E #5E485B

triadic

#56485E #5E5648 #485E56

tetradic

#56485E #5E4B48 #505E48 #485B5E

square

#56485E #5E4B48 #505E48 #485B5E

split-complementary

#56485E #5B5E48 #485E4B

monochromatic

#171319 #362D3B #56485E #766381 #94829F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#56485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#56485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56485E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56485E	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.040 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857b8b',
    500: '#56485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56485e;
$custom-light: #857b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42433,
    "c": 0.03987,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56485E

secondary

#7E8D75

accent

#B6728B

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56485E

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

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