#56595F#56595F

#56595F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.010 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56595F
RGB	rgb(86, 89, 95)
HSL	hsl(220, 5%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(220, 9%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 0.15, -3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 3.87, 272.27°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% -0.001 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.01 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4753, 9.9493, 12.2455)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56595F #5F5C56

analogous

#565D5F #56595F #57565F

triadic

#56595F #5F5659 #595F56

tetradic

#56595F #5F565D #5F5C56 #565F57

square

#56595F #5F565D #5F5C56 #565F57

split-complementary

#56595F #5F5756 #5D5F56

monochromatic

#1C1D1F #393B3F #56595F #73777F #93969D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#56595F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#56595F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56595F

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56595F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56595F	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57595F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56585F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56595f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 89, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.010 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85878c',
    500: '#56595f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56595f;
$custom-light: #85878c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56595f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 4.972,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46341,
    "c": 0.01042,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56595F

secondary

#8D8A84

accent

#9D7AAE

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFF0

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #56595F

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

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