#554E51#554E51

#554E51 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.010 H 349.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E51
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(334, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(334, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.93, 3.51, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.93, 3.58, 348.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.0102 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.01 349.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9557, 7.9742, 8.9031)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E51 #4E5552

analogous

#554E55 #554E51 #554F4E

triadic

#554E51 #51554E #4E5155

tetradic

#554E51 #55554E #4E5552 #4F4E55

square

#554E51 #55554E #4E5552 #4F4E55

split-complementary

#554E51 #4E554F #4E5555

monochromatic

#151314 #353133 #554E51 #756B6F #948A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#554E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#554E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E51

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E51	1.00	8.09	2.59	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.010 349.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847f81',
    500: '#554e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e51;
$custom-light: #847f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43175,
    "c": 0.0104,
    "h": 349.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E51

secondary

#7C8380

accent

#AD987A

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEEEE

border

#CAC9C9

text

#0B0A0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E51

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

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