#565A56#565A56

#565A56 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.008 H 145.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565A56
RGB	rgb(86, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, -2.44, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 3.01, 144.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.27% -0.0067 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(46.27% 0.008 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1733, 9.9626, 10.2420)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565A56 #5A565A

analogous

#585A56 #565A56 #565A58

triadic

#565A56 #56565A #5A5656

tetradic

#565A56 #56585A #5A565A #5A5856

square

#565A56 #56585A #5A565A #5A5856

split-complementary

#565A56 #58565A #5A5658

monochromatic

#1A1B1A #383B38 #565A56 #747974 #939893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#565A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#565A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565A56

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565A56	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)

#5A5956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.008 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858885',
    500: '#565a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565a56;
$custom-light: #858885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46268,
    "c": 0.00812,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565A56

secondary

#888488

accent

#7CACAC

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFEF

border

#CACACA

text

#0B0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #565A56

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

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