#554D4D#554D4D

#554D4D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.011 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D4D
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 77)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 3.31, 1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 3.53, 19.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.0102 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.011 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7396, 7.7750, 8.1127)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D4D #4D5555

analogous

#554D51 #554D4D #55514D

triadic

#554D4D #4D554D #4D4D55

tetradic

#554D4D #51554D #4D5555 #514D55

square

#554D4D #51554D #4D5555 #514D55

split-complementary

#554D4D #4D5551 #4D5155

monochromatic

#151313 #353030 #554D4D #756A6A #948989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#554D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#554D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D4D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D4D	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.011 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e7e',
    500: '#554d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d4d;
$custom-light: #847e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42807,
    "c": 0.01068,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D4D

secondary

#7B8383

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D4D

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

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