#554E4A#554E4A

#554E4A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.011 H 51.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E4A
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 74)
HSL	hsl(22, 7%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(22, 13%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 12.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 2.10, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 4.00, 58.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.007 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.011 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7066, 7.8746, 7.5912)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E4A #4A5155

analogous

#554A4B #554E4A #55534A

triadic

#554E4A #4A554E #4E4A55

tetradic

#554E4A #4B554A #4A5155 #534A55

square

#554E4A #4B554A #4A5155 #534A55

split-complementary

#554E4A #4A5553 #4A4B55

monochromatic

#141211 #34302E #554E4A #766C66 #958B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#554E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#554E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E4A

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E4A	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52504A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.011 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f7c',
    500: '#554e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e4a;
$custom-light: #857f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 6.918,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42943,
    "c": 0.0114,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E4A

secondary

#777F83

accent

#9CB078

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E4A

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

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