#565E53#565E53

#565E53 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.020 H 137.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#565E53
RGB	rgb(86, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(104, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(104, 12%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, -5.46, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 7.57, 136.11°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% -0.0147 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.02 137.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4015, 10.6083, 9.7342)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#565E53 #5B535E

analogous

#5C5E53 #565E53 #535E56

triadic

#565E53 #53565E #5E5356

tetradic

#565E53 #535C5E #5B535E #5E5653

square

#565E53 #535C5E #5B535E #5E5653

split-complementary

#565E53 #56535E #5E535C

monochromatic

#1B1D1A #383D36 #565E53 #747F70 #939C8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#565E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#565E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #565E53

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##565E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##565E53	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #565e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.020 137.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858b83',
    500: '#565e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #565e53;
$custom-light: #858b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#565e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 103.636,
    "s": 6.215,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47139,
    "c": 0.02005,
    "h": 137.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#565E53

secondary

#89818C

accent

#78AFA0

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFF0EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0B0C0A

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #565E53

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

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