Deep Teal#00555A

#00555A is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.070 H 201.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

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Color values

HEX	#00555A
RGB	rgb(0, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(183, 100%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(183, 100%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(100%, 5.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, -19.84, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 21.88, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% -0.0647 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.07 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0931, 7.2345, 10.7988)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#00555A #5A0500

analogous

#005A32 #00555A #00285A

triadic

#00555A #5A0055 #555A00

tetradic

#00555A #32005A #5A0500 #285A00

square

#00555A #32005A #5A0500 #285A00

split-complementary

#00555A #5A0028 #5A3200

monochromatic

#001D1F #001D1F #00555A #008F97 #00C9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#00555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#00555A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #00555A

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##00555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##00555A	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D515A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42495A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #00555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(0, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.070 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a8588',
    500: '#00555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #00555a;
$custom-light: #5a8588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#00555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 0,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40911,
    "c": 0.06959,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#00555A

secondary

#9B221B

accent

#3529FF

background

#F5F8F8

surface

#E9EFEF

border

#C5CACA

text

#040B0B

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #00555A

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

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