#557A6F#557A6F

#557A6F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.045 H 174.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557A6F
RGB	rgb(85, 122, 111)
HSL	hsl(162, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(162, 30%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 9%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, -15.62, 1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 15.72, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% -0.0451 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.045 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.5741, 16.9974, 17.6014)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557A6F #7A5560

analogous

#557A5C #557A6F #55727A

triadic

#557A6F #6F557A #7A6F55

tetradic

#557A6F #5C557A #7A5560 #727A55

square

#557A6F #5C557A #7A5560 #727A55

split-complementary

#557A6F #7A5572 #7A5C55

monochromatic

#23322D #3C564E #557A6F #709C8F #95B5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#557A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#557A6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557A6F

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557A6F	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77756F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 122, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.045 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a098',
    500: '#557a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557a6f;
$custom-light: #86a098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 17.874,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5482,
    "c": 0.0453,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557A6F

secondary

#A38890

accent

#6D84BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557A6F

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

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