#5E5656#5E5656

#5E5656 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.010 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E5656
RGB	rgb(94, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 8.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 3.25, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 3.46, 19.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.08% 0.01 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(46.08% 0.01 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6234, 9.7073, 10.1690)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E5656 #565E5E

analogous

#5E565A #5E5656 #5E5A56

triadic

#5E5656 #565E56 #56565E

tetradic

#5E5656 #5A5E56 #565E5E #5A565E

square

#5E5656 #5A5E56 #565E5E #5A565E

split-complementary

#5E5656 #565E5A #565A5E

monochromatic

#1E1C1C #3E3939 #5E5656 #7E7373 #9C9393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#5E5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5E5656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E5656

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E5656	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#605556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.010 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b8585',
    500: '#5e5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e5656;
$custom-light: #8b8585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46082,
    "c": 0.01047,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E5656

secondary

#848C8C

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#F0EFEF

border

#CBCACA

text

#0C0B0B

muted

#7D7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E5656

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

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