#56534E#56534E

#56534E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.009 H 80.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56534E
RGB	rgb(86, 83, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(38, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 9.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.43, 0.20, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.43, 3.37, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.0014 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.009 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3060, 8.7151, 8.4509)
Luminance	0.0872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56534E #4E5156

analogous

#564F4E #56534E #55564E

triadic

#56534E #4E5653 #534E56

tetradic

#56534E #4E564F #4E5156 #564E55

square

#56534E #4E564F #4E5156 #564E55

split-complementary

#56534E #4E5556 #4F4E56

monochromatic

#161514 #363431 #56534E #76726B #95918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.66

#56534E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#56534E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56534E

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56534E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56534E	1.00	7.66	2.74	7.66
#FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55544E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#585252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56534e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 83, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.009 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85837f',
    500: '#56534e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56534e;
$custom-light: #85837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56534e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44345,
    "c": 0.00894,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56534E

secondary

#7C7F84

accent

#8DAE7A

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56534E

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

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