Information about #554C49 color
Basic facts about this digital color
A softly muted balanced grey tone, #554C49 occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Matterhorn (#524B4B). Slightly further away sit Winchester (#514E4A) and Dune (#514F4A).
The recipe behind #554C49 is rgb(85, 76, 73), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, white text reaches a 8.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.5:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:67) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #554C49 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#554C49 color variations
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#554C49 color tints
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#554C49 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#554C49 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#554C49 color hues
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#554C49 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #554C49 color
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Nearest named colors to #554C49
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#524B4B
#514E4A
#514F4A
#524F46
#504A4B
#504E4B
#50494A
#554D4F
#5B4C48
#4F4E48
#4F4E4A
#534B4F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#554C49
- RGB85, 76, 73
- CMYK0, 4, 5, 67
- CSSrgb(85, 76, 73)
- HSL15°, 8%, 31%
- HSL Precise15°, 7.595%, 30.98%
- HSV15°, 14%, 33%
- HSB15°, 14%, 33%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.333
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.298
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.286
- GLSLvec3(0.333, 0.298, 0.286)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.333, 0.298, 0.286, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.333, 0.298, 0.286)
- Percentage of Red in RGB33.3%
- Percentage of Green in RGB29.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB28.6%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID554C49
- DECIMAL ID5590089
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers16 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
