#555454

Color #555454

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark red.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 8.61 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 1

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Conversions

HEX

#555454

RGB

rgb(85, 84, 84)

HSL

hsl(0, 0.6%, 33.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 1.2%, 33.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.2%, 66.7%)

LAB

lab(35.81, 0.4, 0.14)

LCH

lch(35.81, 0.42, 19.29)

OKLCH

oklch(44.7%, 0.0013, 18.43)

HWB

hwb(0, 32.9%, 66.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#545555

Analogous

#555454

Triadic

#555454

#545554

#545455

Split-complementary

#555454

#545554

#545455

Tetradic

#555454

#555554

#545555

#545455

Square

#555454

#545554

#545555

#545455

Shades

Color #555454 mixed toward black.

#474646

#393838

#2a2a2a

#1c1c1c

#0e0e0e

Tints

Color #555454 mixed toward white.

#727070

#8e8d8d

#aaa9a9

#c6c6c6

#e3e2e2

Tones

Color #555454 mixed toward gray.

#555454

#545454

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.78:1

White text reads better on this background (7.55:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#555554 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#555554 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#555454 · ΔE 0

Achromatopsia

#545454 · ΔE 0.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #555454;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#555454]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#555454 (#555454) is rgb(85, 84, 84) in RGB.

No, #555454 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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