#554E4D#554E4D

#554E4D is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.009 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E4D
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 77)
HSL	hsl(8, 5%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 9%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 9.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 2.69, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 3.15, 31.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0084 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.009 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8101, 7.9160, 8.1362)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E4D #4D5455

analogous

#554D50 #554E4D #55524D

triadic

#554E4D #4D554E #4E4D55

tetradic

#554E4D #50554D #4D5455 #524D55

square

#554E4D #50554D #4D5455 #524D55

split-complementary

#554E4D #4D5552 #4D5055

monochromatic

#151313 #353130 #554E4D #756B6A #948A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#554E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#554E4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E4D

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E4D	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51504D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.009 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847f7e',
    500: '#554e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e4d;
$custom-light: #847f7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 4.938,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43039,
    "c": 0.00948,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E4D

secondary

#7B8283

accent

#A8AE7A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E4D

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

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