#56524C#56524C

#56524C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.011 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56524C
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(36, 6%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 12%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 11.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.07, 0.43, 4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.07, 4.13, 84.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0022 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.011 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1594, 8.5349, 8.0536)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56524C #4C5056

analogous

#564D4C #56524C #55564C

triadic

#56524C #4C5652 #524C56

tetradic

#56524C #4C564D #4C5056 #564C55

square

#56524C #4C564D #4C5056 #564C55

split-complementary

#56524C #4C5556 #4D4C56

monochromatic

#151413 #36332F #56524C #767169 #959087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#56524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#56524C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56524C

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56524C	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54524C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55534C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#585150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.011 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85827e',
    500: '#56524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56524c;
$custom-light: #85827e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44046,
    "c": 0.01098,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56524C

secondary

#797E84

accent

#8EAF79

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #56524C

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

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