#56545E#56545E

#56545E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.016 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56545E
RGB	rgb(86, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.23, 3.01, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.23, 6.27, 298.70°)
OKLab	oklab(45.14% 0.0069 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(45.14% 0.016 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0281, 9.1272, 11.8736)
Luminance	0.0913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56545E #5C5E54

analogous

#54575E #56545E #5B545E

triadic

#56545E #5E5654 #545E56

tetradic

#56545E #5E5457 #5C5E54 #545E5B

square

#56545E #5E5457 #5C5E54 #545E5B

split-complementary

#56545E #5E5B54 #575E54

monochromatic

#1B1A1D #38373E #56545E #74717E #93909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#56545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#56545E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56545E

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56545E	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52555E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52555E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.016 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85848b',
    500: '#56545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56545e;
$custom-light: #85848b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45136,
    "c": 0.01629,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56545E

secondary

#8A8C82

accent

#AF79A4

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56545E

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

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