#0E5551#0E5551

#0E5551 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.066 H 189.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#0E5551
RGB	rgb(14, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, -21.58, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 21.90, 189.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% -0.065 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.066 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9141, 7.1838, 8.9106)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#0E5551 #550E12

analogous

#0E552E #0E5551 #0E3655

triadic

#0E5551 #510E55 #55510E

tetradic

#0E5551 #2E0E55 #550E12 #36550E

square

#0E5551 #2E0E55 #550E12 #36550E

split-complementary

#0E5551 #550E36 #552E0E

monochromatic

#041A19 #05201F #0E5551 #178A83 #1FBEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#0E5551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#0E5551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #0E5551

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##0E5551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##0E5551	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #0e5551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(14, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.066 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c8581',
    500: '#0e5551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #0e5551;
$custom-light: #5c8581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#0e5551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 14,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40773,
    "c": 0.06578,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#0E5551

secondary

#8F3035

accent

#3944EE

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#E9EFEE

border

#C5CAC9

text

#050B0A

muted

#797C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #0E5551

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

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