#554D5B#554D5B

#554D5B is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.025 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D5B
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 91)
HSL	hsl(274, 8%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 15%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 15.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 6.33, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 9.43, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.0162 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.025 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2882, 7.9944, 11.0019)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D5B #535B4D

analogous

#4E4D5B #554D5B #5B4D5A

triadic

#554D5B #5B554D #4D5B55

tetradic

#554D5B #5B4E4D #535B4D #4D5A5B

square

#554D5B #5B4E4D #535B4D #4D5A5B

split-complementary

#554D5B #5A5B4D #4D5B4E

monochromatic

#171519 #36313A #554D5B #74697C #93889A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#554D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#554D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D5B

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D5B	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D505B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.025 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e89',
    500: '#554d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d5b;
$custom-light: #857e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43319,
    "c": 0.02484,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D5B

secondary

#81897B

accent

#B17690

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D5B

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

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