#554D59#554D59

#554D59 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.022 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D59
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 89)
HSL	hsl(280, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(280, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.90, 5.87, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.90, 8.28, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.0154 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.022 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2031, 7.9604, 10.5536)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D59 #51594D

analogous

#4F4D59 #554D59 #594D57

triadic

#554D59 #59554D #4D5955

tetradic

#554D59 #594F4D #51594D #4D5759

square

#554D59 #594F4D #51594D #4D5759

split-complementary

#554D59 #57594D #4D594F

monochromatic

#161417 #363138 #554D59 #74697A #938898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#554D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#554D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D59

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D59	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.022 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847e87',
    500: '#554d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d59;
$custom-light: #847e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4324,
    "c": 0.02194,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D59

secondary

#7F877B

accent

#B0788A

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEEF

border

#CAC9CA

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D59

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

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