#56757E#56757E

#56757E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.038 H 217.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56757E
RGB	rgb(86, 117, 126)
HSL	hsl(194, 19%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 32%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, -8.78, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 12.25, 224.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% -0.0303 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.038 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9637, 16.2067, 22.1271)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56757E #7E5F56

analogous

#567E73 #56757E #56617E

triadic

#56757E #7E5675 #757E56

tetradic

#56757E #73567E #7E5F56 #617E56

square

#56757E #73567E #7E5F56 #617E56

split-complementary

#56757E #7E5661 #7E7356

monochromatic

#243135 #3D535A #56757E #72959F #97B0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#56757E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#56757E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56757E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56757E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56757E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F737F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#497878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56757e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 117, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.038 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ca3',
    500: '#56757e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56757e;
$custom-light: #879ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56757e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 18.868,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54181,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56757E

secondary

#A6908A

accent

#7E6CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0E0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #56757E

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

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