#56535D#56535D

#56535D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.017 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56535D
RGB	rgb(86, 83, 93)
HSL	hsl(258, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, 3.41, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 6.36, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.87% 0.0081 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(44.87% 0.017 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9064, 8.9553, 11.6131)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56535D #5A5D53

analogous

#53555D #56535D #5B535D

triadic

#56535D #5D5653 #535D56

tetradic

#56535D #5D5355 #5A5D53 #535D5B

square

#56535D #5D5355 #5A5D53 #535D5B

split-complementary

#56535D #5D5B53 #555D53

monochromatic

#1A191C #38363D #56535D #74707D #938F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#56535D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#56535D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56535D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56535D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56535D	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51545D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56535d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 83, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.017 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85838a',
    500: '#56535d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56535d;
$custom-light: #85838a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56535d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44867,
    "c": 0.01653,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56535D

secondary

#888B81

accent

#AF799F

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56535D

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

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