#56525E#56525E

#56525E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.020 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56525E
RGB	rgb(86, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(260, 7%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 13%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.64, 4.26, -6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.64, 7.67, 303.72°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.0102 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.02 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8750, 8.8212, 11.8226)
Luminance	0.0882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56525E #5A5E52

analogous

#52545E #56525E #5C525E

triadic

#56525E #5E5652 #525E56

tetradic

#56525E #5E5254 #5A5E52 #525E5C

square

#56525E #5E5254 #5A5E52 #525E5C

split-complementary

#56525E #5E5C52 #545E52

monochromatic

#1A191D #38353D #56525E #746F7F #938E9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#56525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#56525E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56525E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56525E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50545F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.020 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85828b',
    500: '#56525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56525e;
$custom-light: #85828b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 6.818,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44675,
    "c": 0.01997,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56525E

secondary

#888C80

accent

#B0789D

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56525E

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

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