#56554E#56554E

#56554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.011 H 100.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56554E
RGB	rgb(86, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(53, 9%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 9.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, -1.03, 4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 4.35, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% -0.002 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.011 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.4612, 9.0255, 8.5026)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56554E #4E4F56

analogous

#56514E #56554E #53564E

triadic

#56554E #4E5655 #554E56

tetradic

#56554E #4E5651 #4E4F56 #564E53

square

#56554E #4E5651 #4E4F56 #564E53

split-complementary

#56554E #4E5356 #514E56

monochromatic

#161614 #363531 #56554E #76756B #95938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#56554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#56554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56554E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56554E	1.00	7.49	2.81	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57554E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#575453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.011 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85847f',
    500: '#56554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56554e;
$custom-light: #85847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4482,
    "c": 0.01123,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56554E

secondary

#7C7D84

accent

#80AE7A

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56554E

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

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