#557972#557972

#557972 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.042 H 181.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557972
RGB	rgb(85, 121, 114)
HSL	hsl(168, 17%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 30%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, -14.36, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 14.36, 181.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% -0.0423 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.042 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6200, 16.8203, 18.4453)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557972 #79555C

analogous

#557960 #557972 #556E79

triadic

#557972 #725579 #797255

tetradic

#557972 #605579 #79555C #6E7955

square

#557972 #605579 #79555C #6E7955

split-complementary

#557972 #79556E #796055

monochromatic

#22312E #3C5550 #557972 #709B93 #94B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#557972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#557972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557972

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557972	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 121, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.042 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869f9a',
    500: '#557972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557972;
$custom-light: #869f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.333,
    "s": 17.476,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54669,
    "c": 0.04228,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557972

secondary

#A2888D

accent

#6E7DBA

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557972

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

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