#554D5E#554D5E

#554D5E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.029 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D5E
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 94)
HSL	hsl(268, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 18%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 18.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 7.03, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 11.21, 308.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.0174 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.029 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4202, 8.0472, 11.6972)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D5E #565E4D

analogous

#4D4D5E #554D5E #5D4D5E

triadic

#554D5E #5E554D #4D5E55

tetradic

#554D5E #5E4D4D #565E4D #4D5E5D

square

#554D5E #5E4D4D #565E4D #4D5E5D

split-complementary

#554D5E #5E5D4D #4D5E4D

monochromatic

#18161B #37313C #554D5E #736980 #92889D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#554D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#554D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D5E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D5E	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A505F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C505D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.029 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e8b',
    500: '#554d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d5e;
$custom-light: #857e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 9.942,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43441,
    "c": 0.02932,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D5E

secondary

#848C7B

accent

#B37596

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D5E

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

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