#55787B#55787B

#55787B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.040 H 202.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55787B
RGB	rgb(85, 120, 123)
HSL	hsl(185, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, -11.57, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 12.87, 206.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0368 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.04 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0368, 16.7936, 21.2369)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55787B #7B5855

analogous

#557B6B #55787B #55657B

triadic

#55787B #7B5578 #787B55

tetradic

#55787B #6B557B #7B5855 #657B55

square

#55787B #6B557B #7B5855 #657B55

split-complementary

#55787B #7B5565 #7B6B55

monochromatic

#233133 #3C5557 #55787B #71999D #95B3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#55787B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#55787B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55787B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55787B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55787B	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73757B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55787b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 120, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.040 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fa1',
    500: '#55787b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55787b;
$custom-light: #869fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55787b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54732,
    "c": 0.03992,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55787B

secondary

#A38B88

accent

#736DBB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55787B

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

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