#549E8A#549E8A

#549E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.081 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#549E8A
RGB	rgb(84, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -28.07, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 28.27, 173.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0803 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.081 174)
XYZ	xyz(20.4686, 28.1719, 28.3989)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#549E8A #9E5468

analogous

#549E65 #549E8A #548D9E

triadic

#549E8A #8A549E #9E8A54

tetradic

#549E8A #65549E #9E5468 #8D9E54

square

#549E8A #65549E #9E5468 #8D9E54

split-complementary

#549E8A #9E548D #9E6554

monochromatic

#2A4E44 #3F7667 #549E8A #78B7A6 #A0CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#549E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#549E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #549E8A

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##549E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##549E8A	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #549e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.081 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbac',
    500: '#549e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #549e8a;
$custom-light: #89bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#549e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.784,
    "s": 30.579,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64536,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.28174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#549E8A

secondary

#BA949E

accent

#617DC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #549E8A

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

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