#554D53#554D53

#554D53 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.014 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D53
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(315, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 2.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 4.56, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 5.12, 332.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.0129 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.014 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9613, 7.8637, 9.2804)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D53 #4D554F

analogous

#534D55 #554D53 #554D4F

triadic

#554D53 #53554D #4D5355

tetradic

#554D53 #55534D #4D554F #4D4F55

square

#554D53 #55534D #4D554F #4D4F55

split-complementary

#554D53 #4F554D #4D5553

monochromatic

#151314 #353034 #554D53 #756A72 #948991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#554D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#554D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D53

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D53	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F5053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.014 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e83',
    500: '#554d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d53;
$custom-light: #847e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43015,
    "c": 0.01425,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D53

secondary

#7B837D

accent

#AE877A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D53

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

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