#548D8B#548D8B

#548D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.060 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#548D8B
RGB	rgb(84, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, -19.17, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 19.77, 194.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0587 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.06 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8395, 22.7974, 27.8814)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#548D8B #8D5456

analogous

#548D6F #548D8B #54738D

triadic

#548D8B #8B548D #8D8B54

tetradic

#548D8B #6F548D #8D5456 #738D54

square

#548D8B #6F548D #8D5456 #738D54

split-complementary

#548D8B #8D5473 #8D6F54

monochromatic

#26403F #3D6765 #548D8B #73ABA9 #99C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#548D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#548D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #548D8B

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##548D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##548D8B	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C808C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #548d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.060 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aeac',
    500: '#548d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #548d8b;
$custom-light: #87aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#548d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 25.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60371,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#548D8B

secondary

#B08D8E

accent

#6669C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #548D8B

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

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