#56575E#56575E

#56575E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.011 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56575E
RGB	rgb(86, 87, 94)
HSL	hsl(233, 4%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 1.15, -4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 4.33, 285.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.84% 0.0019 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(45.84% 0.011 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2659, 9.6029, 11.9529)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56575E #5E5D56

analogous

#565B5E #56575E #59565E

triadic

#56575E #5E5657 #575E56

tetradic

#56575E #5E565B #5E5D56 #565E59

square

#56575E #5E565B #5E5D56 #565E59

split-complementary

#56575E #5E5956 #5B5E56

monochromatic

#1C1C1E #39393E #56575E #73757E #93949C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#56575E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#56575E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56575E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56575E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56575E	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55585E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55575E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56575e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 87, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.011 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85868b',
    500: '#56575e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56575e;
$custom-light: #85868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56575e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 4.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45835,
    "c": 0.01135,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56575E

secondary

#8C8B84

accent

#A77AAE

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56575E

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

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