#56524E#56524E

#56524E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.008 H 67.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56524E
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(30, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(30, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 9.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.13, 0.82, 2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.13, 3.04, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.0032 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.008 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2300, 8.5632, 8.4255)
Luminance	0.0856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56524E #4E5256

analogous

#564E4E #56524E #56564E

triadic

#56524E #4E5652 #524E56

tetradic

#56524E #4E564E #4E5256 #564E56

square

#56524E #4E564E #4E5256 #564E56

split-complementary

#56524E #4E5656 #4E4E56

monochromatic

#161514 #363331 #56524E #76716B #958F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.74

#56524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#56524E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56524E

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56524E	1.00	7.74	2.71	7.74
#FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54534E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#585151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.008 67.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44109,
    "c": 0.00833,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56524E

secondary

#7C8084

accent

#94AE7A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56524E

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

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