#557B70#557B70

#557B70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.046 H 174.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B70
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 112)
HSL	hsl(163, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(163, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 8.9%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, -15.93, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 16.02, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% -0.046 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.046 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7529, 17.2664, 17.9342)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B70 #7B5560

analogous

#557B5D #557B70 #55737B

triadic

#557B70 #70557B #7B7055

tetradic

#557B70 #5D557B #7B5560 #737B55

square

#557B70 #5D557B #7B5560 #737B55

split-complementary

#557B70 #7B5573 #7B5D55

monochromatic

#23332E #3C574F #557B70 #719D90 #95B6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#557B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#557B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B70

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B70	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)

#787670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.046 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a199',
    500: '#557b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b70;
$custom-light: #86a199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55099,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B70

secondary

#A38890

accent

#6D83BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B70

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

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