The PCA9552 lines can be used either for driving LEDs or as GPIOs. The
manual states that for LEDs, the operation is open-drain:

         The LSn LED select registers determine the source of the LED data.

           00 = output is set LOW (LED on)
           01 = output is set high-impedance (LED off; default)
           10 = output blinks at PWM0 rate
           11 = output blinks at PWM1 rate

For GPIOs it suggests a pull-up so that the open-case drives the line
high:

         For use as output, connect external pull-up resistor to the pin
         and size it according to the DC recommended operating
         characteristics.  LED output pin is HIGH when the output is
         programmed as high-impedance, and LOW when the output is
         programmed LOW through the ‘LED selector’ register.  The output
         can be pulse-width controlled when PWM0 or PWM1 are used.

Now, I have a hardware design that uses the LED contro...