#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
RGBrgb(14, 85, 81)
HSLhsl(177, 72%, 19%)
HSVhsv(177, 84%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(83.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LABlab(32.22, -21.58, -3.69)
CIE-LCHlch(32.22, 21.90, 189.70°)
OKLaboklab(40.77% -0.065 -0.0104)
OKLCHoklch(40.77% 0.066 189.1)
XYZxyz(4.9141, 7.1838, 8.9106)
Luminance0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##0E55511.008.622.448.62
#FFFFFF8.621.0021.001.00
#0000002.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.621.0021.001.00

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

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#0E5551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva