#557B6F#557B6F

#557B6F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.047 H 172.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B6F
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 111)
HSL	hsl(161, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(161, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, -16.16, 2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 16.32, 171.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% -0.0465 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.047 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6976, 17.2442, 17.6426)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B6F #7B5561

analogous

#557B5C #557B6F #55747B

triadic

#557B6F #6F557B #7B6F55

tetradic

#557B6F #5C557B #7B5561 #747B55

square

#557B6F #5C557B #7B5561 #747B55

split-complementary

#557B6F #7B5574 #7B5C55

monochromatic

#23332E #3C574E #557B6F #719D8F #95B6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#557B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#557B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B6F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B6F	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79766E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.047 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a198',
    500: '#557b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b6f;
$custom-light: #86a198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55067,
    "c": 0.04683,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B6F

secondary

#A38891

accent

#6D86BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B6F

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

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