#554D50#554D50

#554D50 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.012 H 352.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D50
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 80)
HSL	hsl(338, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(338, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 5.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 3.93, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 3.97, 351.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0115 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.012 352.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8480, 7.8183, 8.6835)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D50 #4D5552

analogous

#554D54 #554D50 #554E4D

triadic

#554D50 #50554D #4D5055

tetradic

#554D50 #54554D #4D5552 #4E4D55

square

#554D50 #54554D #4D5552 #4E4D55

split-complementary

#554D50 #4D554E #4D5455

monochromatic

#151314 #353032 #554D50 #756A6E #94898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#554D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#554D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D50

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D50	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.012 352.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e81',
    500: '#554d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d50;
$custom-light: #847e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42909,
    "c": 0.01162,
    "h": 352.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D50

secondary

#7B8380

accent

#AE9A7A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D50

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

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