#56504E#56504E

#56504E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.009 H 39.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56504E
RGB	rgb(86, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(15, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(15, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 9.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.53, 2.06, 2.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.53, 2.91, 45.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.0067 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.009 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0814, 8.2659, 8.3760)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56504E #4E5456

analogous

#564E50 #56504E #56544E

triadic

#56504E #4E5650 #504E56

tetradic

#56504E #50564E #4E5456 #544E56

square

#56504E #50564E #4E5456 #544E56

split-complementary

#56504E #4E5654 #4E5056

monochromatic

#161414 #363231 #56504E #766E6B #958C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#56504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#56504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56504E

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56504E	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51514E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53524E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#584F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.009 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85817f',
    500: '#56504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56504e;
$custom-light: #85817f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43639,
    "c": 0.0086,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56504E

secondary

#7C8284

accent

#A1AE7A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56504E

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

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