#56686E#56686E

#56686E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.024 H 220.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56686E
RGB	rgb(86, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(195, 12%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 22%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, -5.29, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 7.72, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% -0.0182 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.024 220)
XYZ	xyz(11.6018, 13.0045, 16.6477)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56686E #6E5C56

analogous

#566E68 #56686E #565C6E

triadic

#56686E #6E5668 #686E56

tetradic

#56686E #68566E #6E5C56 #5C6E56

square

#56686E #68566E #6E5C56 #5C6E56

split-complementary

#56686E #6E565C #6E6856

monochromatic

#202729 #3B484C #56686E #718890 #93A5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#56686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#56686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56686E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56686E	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64676E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60646E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.024 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869397',
    500: '#56686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56686e;
$custom-light: #869397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 12.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50459,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.13005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56686E

secondary

#998B86

accent

#8373B5

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF1F2

border

#CACBCC

text

#0B0D0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #56686E

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

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