#565A55#565A55

#565A55 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.009 H 139.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565A55
RGB	rgb(86, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(108, 3%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(108, 6%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, -2.65, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 3.53, 138.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.24% -0.0071 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(46.24% 0.009 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1333, 9.9466, 10.0313)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565A55 #59555A

analogous

#595A55 #565A55 #555A57

triadic

#565A55 #55565A #5A5556

tetradic

#565A55 #55595A #59555A #5A5755

square

#565A55 #55595A #59555A #5A5755

split-complementary

#565A55 #57555A #5A5559

monochromatic

#1A1B1A #383B37 #565A55 #747973 #939892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#565A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#565A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565A55

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565A55	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)

#5A5955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.009 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858884',
    500: '#565a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565a55;
$custom-light: #858884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46235,
    "c": 0.00941,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565A55

secondary

#878388

accent

#7CACA2

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFEF

border

#CACACA

text

#0B0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #565A55

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

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