#557B6D#557B6D

#557B6D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.048 H 169.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B6D
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 109)
HSL	hsl(158, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(158, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, -16.62, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 16.96, 168.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0474 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.048 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5887, 17.2007, 17.0691)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B6D #7B5563

analogous

#557B5A #557B6D #55767B

triadic

#557B6D #6D557B #7B6D55

tetradic

#557B6D #5A557B #7B5563 #767B55

square

#557B6D #5A557B #7B5563 #767B55

split-complementary

#557B6D #7B5576 #7B5A55

monochromatic

#23332D #3C574D #557B6D #719D8C #95B6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#557B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#557B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B6D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B6D	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79766C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72716E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.048 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a196',
    500: '#557b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b6d;
$custom-light: #86a196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55006,
    "c": 0.04819,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B6D

secondary

#A38892

accent

#6D8ABB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B6D

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

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