#554D51#554D51

#554D51 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.012 H 345.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D51
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 81)
HSL	hsl(330, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(330, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 4.13, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 4.29, 344.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.012 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.012 345.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8852, 7.8332, 8.8796)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D51 #4D5551

analogous

#554D55 #554D51 #554D4D

triadic

#554D51 #51554D #4D5155

tetradic

#554D51 #55554D #4D5551 #4D4D55

square

#554D51 #55554D #4D5551 #4D4D55

split-complementary

#554D51 #4D554D #4D5555

monochromatic

#151314 #353032 #554D51 #756A70 #94898E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#554D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#554D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D51

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D51	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.012 345.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e81',
    500: '#554d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d51;
$custom-light: #847e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42944,
    "c": 0.01235,
    "h": 345.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D51

secondary

#7B837F

accent

#AE947A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D51

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

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