#555A4E#555A4E

#555A4E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.020 H 125.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A4E
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(85, 7%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(85, 13%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 13.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, -4.47, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 7.70, 125.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.93% -0.0117 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(45.93% 0.02 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7774, 9.7937, 8.6342)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A4E #534E5A

analogous

#5A594E #555A4E #4F5A4E

triadic

#555A4E #4E555A #5A4E55

tetradic

#555A4E #4E5A59 #534E5A #5A4E4F

square

#555A4E #4E5A59 #534E5A #5A4E4F

split-complementary

#555A4E #4E4F5A #594E5A

monochromatic

#171815 #363932 #555A4E #747B6A #939989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#555A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#555A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A4E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A4E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C584D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B584E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#565957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.020 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84887f',
    500: '#555a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a4e;
$custom-light: #84887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45932,
    "c": 0.02,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A4E

secondary

#817C88

accent

#78B08F

background

#F8F8F7

surface

#EFEFEE

border

#CACAC9

text

#0B0B0A

muted

#7C7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A4E

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

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