#56595E#56595E

#56595E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.009 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56595E
RGB	rgb(86, 89, 94)
HSL	hsl(218, 4%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 9%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, -0.08, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 3.29, 268.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.3% -0.0014 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(46.3% 0.009 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4301, 9.9313, 12.0076)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56595E #5E5B56

analogous

#565D5E #56595E #57565E

triadic

#56595E #5E5659 #595E56

tetradic

#56595E #5E565D #5E5B56 #565E57

square

#56595E #5E565D #5E5B56 #565E57

split-complementary

#56595E #5E5756 #5D5E56

monochromatic

#1C1C1E #393B3E #56595E #73777E #93969C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#56595E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#56595E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56595E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56595E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56595E	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57585E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56595e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 89, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.009 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85878b',
    500: '#56595e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56595e;
$custom-light: #85878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56595e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 4.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46304,
    "c": 0.00894,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56595E

secondary

#8C8984

accent

#9A7AAE

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56595E

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

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