#554455#554455

#554455 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.036 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554455
RGB	rgb(85, 68, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 11%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(300, 20%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 10.71, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 13.01, 325.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0295 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.036 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4529, 6.7216, 9.4974)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554455 #445544

analogous

#4C4455 #554455 #55444D

triadic

#554455 #555544 #445555

tetradic

#554455 #554D44 #445544 #444C55

square

#554455 #554D44 #445544 #444C55

split-complementary

#554455 #4D5544 #44554D

monochromatic

#110E11 #332933 #554455 #775F77 #977D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#554455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#554455 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554455

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554455	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56454A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 68, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.036 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857884',
    500: '#554455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554455;
$custom-light: #857884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41073,
    "c": 0.03555,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554455

secondary

#718471

accent

#B47474

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDEF

border

#CAC8CA

text

#0B080B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554455

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

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