#554E5D#554E5D

#554E5D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.026 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554E5D
RGB	rgb(85, 78, 93)
HSL	hsl(268, 9%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(268, 16%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 6.16, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 9.87, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.0153 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.026 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4461, 8.1704, 11.4859)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554E5D #565D4E

analogous

#4E4E5D #554E5D #5C4E5D

triadic

#554E5D #5D554E #4E5D55

tetradic

#554E5D #5D4E4E #565D4E #4E5D5C

square

#554E5D #5D4E4E #565D4E #4E5D5C

split-complementary

#554E5D #5D5C4E #4E5D4E

monochromatic

#18161A #37323C #554E5D #736A7E #92899C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#554E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#554E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554E5D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554E5D	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C505E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D515D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 78, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.026 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857f8a',
    500: '#554e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554e5d;
$custom-light: #857f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 8.772,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43626,
    "c": 0.02582,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554E5D

secondary

#848B7C

accent

#B27696

background

#F8F7F8

surface

#EFEEF0

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0B0A0B

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #554E5D

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

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