#5A5656#5A5656

#5A5656 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A5656
RGB	rgb(90, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 4.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 1.61, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 1.71, 19.65°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% 0.005 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2237, 9.5012, 10.1503)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A5656 #565A5A

analogous

#5A5658 #5A5656 #5A5856

triadic

#5A5656 #565A56 #56565A

tetradic

#5A5656 #585A56 #565A5A #58565A

square

#5A5656 #585A56 #565A5A #58565A

split-complementary

#5A5656 #565A58 #56585A

monochromatic

#1B1A1A #3B3838 #5A5656 #797474 #989393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#5A5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5A5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A5656

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A5656	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B5656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888585',
    500: '#5a5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a5656;
$custom-light: #888585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.273,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45692,
    "c": 0.00521,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A5656

secondary

#848888

accent

#ACAC7C

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFEFEF

border

#CACACA

text

#0B0B0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A5656

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

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