#554B56#554B56

#554B56 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.022 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554B56
RGB	rgb(85, 75, 86)
HSL	hsl(295, 7%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(295, 13%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 6.47, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 8.15, 322.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.0176 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.022 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9419, 7.6354, 9.8577)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554B56 #4C564B

analogous

#504B56 #554B56 #564B52

triadic

#554B56 #56554B #4B5655

tetradic

#554B56 #56504B #4C564B #4B5256

square

#554B56 #56504B #4C564B #4B5256

split-complementary

#554B56 #52564B #4B5650

monochromatic

#141215 #352E35 #554B56 #756877 #948695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#554B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#554B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554B56

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554B56	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 75, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.022 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857d85',
    500: '#554b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554b56;
$custom-light: #857d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 6.832,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4267,
    "c": 0.02203,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554B56

secondary

#798478

accent

#B0787D

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554B56

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

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