#554D5F#554D5F

#554D5F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.031 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554D5F
RGB	rgb(85, 77, 95)
HSL	hsl(267, 10%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(267, 19%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 7.26, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 11.80, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.0178 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.031 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4654, 8.0653, 11.9350)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554D5F #575F4D

analogous

#4D4E5F #554D5F #5E4D5F

triadic

#554D5F #5F554D #4D5F55

tetradic

#554D5F #5F4D4E #575F4D #4D5F5E

square

#554D5F #5F4D4E #575F4D #4D5F5E

split-complementary

#554D5F #5F5E4D #4E5F4D

monochromatic

#19161B #37323D #554D5F #736881 #92889E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#554D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#554D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554D5F

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554D5F	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B505E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 77, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.031 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857e8c',
    500: '#554d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554d5f;
$custom-light: #857e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 10.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43482,
    "c": 0.03083,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554D5F

secondary

#858D7B

accent

#B37497

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0C

muted

#7C7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #554D5F

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

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