#554D4E#554D4E

#554D4E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.011 H 8.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D4E
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 3.52, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 3.57, 9.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.84% 0.0106 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(42.84% 0.011 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7752, 7.7892, 8.3001)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D4E #4D5554

analogous

#554D52 #554D4E #55504D

triadic

#554D4E #4E554D #4D4E55

tetradic

#554D4E #52554D #4D5554 #504D55

square

#554D4E #52554D #4D5554 #504D55

split-complementary

#554D4E #4D5550 #4D5255

monochromatic

#151313 #353031 #554D4E #756A6B #94898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#554D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#554D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D4E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D4E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504F4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.011 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e7f',
    500: '#554d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d4e;
$custom-light: #847e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4284,
    "c": 0.01076,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D4E

secondary

#7B8382

accent

#AEA87A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D4E

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

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