#554D4C#554D4C

#554D4C is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.011 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D4C
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 76)
HSL	hsl(7, 6%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 11%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 10.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 3.12, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 3.60, 29.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.0097 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.011 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7046, 7.7610, 7.9282)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D4C #4C5455

analogous

#554C50 #554D4C #55524C

triadic

#554D4C #4C554D #4D4C55

tetradic

#554D4C #50554C #4C5455 #524C55

square

#554D4C #50554C #4C5455 #524C55

split-complementary

#554D4C #4C5552 #4C5055

monochromatic

#141212 #35302F #554D4C #756A69 #948987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#554D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#554D4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D4C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D4C	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.011 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e7e',
    500: '#554d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d4c;
$custom-light: #857e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 5.59,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42773,
    "c": 0.01083,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D4C

secondary

#798283

accent

#A9AF79

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D4C

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

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