#56585B#56585B

#56585B is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.005 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56585B
RGB	rgb(86, 88, 91)
HSL	hsl(216, 3%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 5%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, -0.14, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 2.01, 266.05°)
OKLab	oklab(45.96% -0.0011 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(45.96% 0.005 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2154, 9.7132, 11.2848)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56585B #5B5956

analogous

#565B5B #56585B #57565B

triadic

#56585B #5B5658 #585B56

tetradic

#56585B #5B565B #5B5956 #565B57

square

#56585B #5B565B #5B5956 #565B57

split-complementary

#56585B #5B5756 #5B5B56

monochromatic

#1B1B1C #383A3C #56585B #74767A #939599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#56585B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#56585B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56585B

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56585B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56585B	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57585B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57585B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56585b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 88, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.005 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858789',
    500: '#56585b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56585b;
$custom-light: #858789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56585b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 2.825,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45961,
    "c": 0.00548,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56585B

secondary

#898784

accent

#997CAC

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #56585B

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

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