#554D5D#554D5D

#554D5D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.028 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D5D
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 93)
HSL	hsl(270, 9%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(270, 17%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 17.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, 6.79, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 10.61, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.017 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.028 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3756, 8.0294, 11.4624)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D5D #555D4D

analogous

#4D4D5D #554D5D #5D4D5D

triadic

#554D5D #5D554D #4D5D55

tetradic

#554D5D #5D4D4D #555D4D #4D5D5D

square

#554D5D #5D4D4D #555D4D #4D5D5D

split-complementary

#554D5D #5D5D4D #4D5D4D

monochromatic

#18161A #36313C #554D5D #74697E #92889C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#554D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#554D5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D5D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D5D	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B505E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.028 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e8a',
    500: '#554d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d5d;
$custom-light: #857e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 9.412,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.434,
    "c": 0.02781,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D5D

secondary

#838B7B

accent

#B27594

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D5D

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

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