#554C5E#554C5E

#554C5E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.031 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554C5E
RGB	rgb(85, 76, 94)
HSL	hsl(270, 11%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 19%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 7.66, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 11.95, 309.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.0191 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.031 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3508, 7.9084, 11.6740)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554C5E #555E4C

analogous

#4C4C5E #554C5E #5E4C5E

triadic

#554C5E #5E554C #4C5E55

tetradic

#554C5E #5E4C4C #555E4C #4C5E5E

square

#554C5E #5E4C4C #555E4C #4C5E5E

split-complementary

#554C5E #5E5E4C #4C5E4C

monochromatic

#18151A #36313C #554C5E #746780 #92879E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#554C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#554C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554C5E

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554C5E	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494F5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 76, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.031 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e8b',
    500: '#554c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554c5e;
$custom-light: #857e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 10.588,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43216,
    "c": 0.0313,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554C5E

secondary

#838C7A

accent

#B47494

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #554C5E

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

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