#554A4E#554A4E

#554A4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.016 H 353.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554A4E
RGB	rgb(85, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(338, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(338, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 5.41, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 5.45, 352.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0159 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.016 353.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5701, 7.3791, 8.2318)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554A4E #4A5551

analogous

#554A53 #554A4E #554B4A

triadic

#554A4E #4E554A #4A4E55

tetradic

#554A4E #53554A #4A5551 #4B4A55

square

#554A4E #53554A #4A5551 #4B4A55

split-complementary

#554A4E #4A554B #4A5355

monochromatic

#141112 #342E30 #554A4E #76666C #95858B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#554A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#554A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554A4E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554A4E	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.016 353.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857c7f',
    500: '#554a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554a4e;
$custom-light: #857c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42149,
    "c": 0.01603,
    "h": 353.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554A4E

secondary

#77837F

accent

#B09C78

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B090A

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554A4E

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

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