#55554E#55554E

#55554E is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.011 H 106.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55554E
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.94, -1.44, 4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.94, 4.33, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.73% -0.0032 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(44.73% 0.011 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3698, 8.9784, 8.4983)
Luminance	0.0898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55554E #4E4E55

analogous

#55524E #55554E #52554E

triadic

#55554E #4E5555 #554E55

tetradic

#55554E #4E5552 #4E4E55 #554E52

square

#55554E #4E5552 #4E4E55 #554E52

split-complementary

#55554E #4E5255 #524E55

monochromatic

#151513 #353531 #55554E #75756B #94948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#55554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#55554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55554E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55554E	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57554E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.011 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84847f',
    500: '#55554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55554e;
$custom-light: #84847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.294,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44726,
    "c": 0.01116,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55554E

secondary

#7C7C83

accent

#7AAD7A

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55554E

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

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