#55554F#55554F

#55554F is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.010 H 106.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55554F
RGB	rgb(85, 85, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, -1.24, 3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 3.71, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(44.76% -0.0028 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(44.76% 0.01 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4059, 8.9928, 8.6886)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55554F #4F4F55

analogous

#55524F #55554F #52554F

triadic

#55554F #4F5555 #554F55

tetradic

#55554F #4F5552 #4F4F55 #554F52

square

#55554F #4F5552 #4F4F55 #554F52

split-complementary

#55554F #4F5255 #524F55

monochromatic

#161614 #353532 #55554F #75756C #93938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.50

#55554F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#55554F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55554F

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55554F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55554F	1.00	7.50	2.80	7.50
#FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56554F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55554f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 85, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.010 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#848480',
    500: '#55554f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55554f;
$custom-light: #848480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55554f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.659,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44757,
    "c": 0.00958,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55554F

secondary

#7D7D83

accent

#7BAD7B

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #55554F

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

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