#554D55#554D55

#554D55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.017 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D55
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 85)
HSL	hsl(300, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(300, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 4.99, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 6.09, 324.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.0137 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.017 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0396, 7.8950, 9.6929)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D55 #4D554D

analogous

#514D55 #554D55 #554D51

triadic

#554D55 #55554D #4D5555

tetradic

#554D55 #55514D #4D554D #4D5155

square

#554D55 #55514D #4D554D #4D5155

split-complementary

#554D55 #51554D #4D5551

monochromatic

#151315 #353035 #554D55 #756A75 #948994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#554D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#554D55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D55

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D55	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E5055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.017 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e84',
    500: '#554d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d55;
$custom-light: #847e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43088,
    "c": 0.01657,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D55

secondary

#7B837B

accent

#AE7A7A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D55

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

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