#55455E#55455E

#55455E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.045 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55455E
RGB	rgb(85, 69, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 15%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 27%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 12.13, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 17.20, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0311 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.045 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8945, 6.9958, 11.5219)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55455E #4E5E45

analogous

#49455E #55455E #5E455B

triadic

#55455E #5E5545 #455E55

tetradic

#55455E #5E4945 #4E5E45 #455B5E

square

#55455E #5E4945 #4E5E45 #455B5E

split-complementary

#55455E #5B5E45 #455E49

monochromatic

#151117 #352B3B #55455E #755F81 #947DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#55455E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#55455E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55455E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55455E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55455E	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54484E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55455e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 69, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.045 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85788b',
    500: '#55455e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55455e;
$custom-light: #85788b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55455e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 15.337,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41676,
    "c": 0.04546,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55455E

secondary

#7C8D72

accent

#B8708A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEDF0

border

#CAC8CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #55455E

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

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