#545E55#545E55

#545E55 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.019 H 148.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#545E55
RGB	rgb(84, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(126, 6%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(126, 11%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.80, -5.84, 3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.80, 6.99, 146.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.03% -0.0161 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(47.03% 0.019 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2982, 10.5460, 10.1383)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#545E55 #5E545D

analogous

#585E54 #545E55 #545E5A

triadic

#545E55 #55545E #5E5554

tetradic

#545E55 #54585E #5E545D #5E5A54

square

#545E55 #54585E #5E545D #5E5A54

split-complementary

#545E55 #5A545E #5E5458

monochromatic

#1A1D1B #373E38 #545E55 #717E72 #909C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#545E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#545E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #545E55

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##545E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##545E55	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #545e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.019 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848b84',
    500: '#545e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #545e55;
$custom-light: #848b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#545e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 5.618,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47031,
    "c": 0.01897,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#545E55

secondary

#8C828B

accent

#79A9AF

background

#F8F8F8

surface

#EFF0EF

border

#CACBCA

text

#0A0C0B

muted

#7C7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #545E55

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

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