#557B79#557B79

#557B79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.043 H 191.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B79
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(177, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.86, -13.75, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.86, 14.11, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0419 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.043 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2793, 17.4769, 20.7064)
Luminance	0.1748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B79 #7B5557

analogous

#557B66 #557B79 #556A7B

triadic

#557B79 #79557B #7B7955

tetradic

#557B79 #66557B #7B5557 #6A7B55

square

#557B79 #66557B #7B5557 #6A7B55

split-complementary

#557B79 #7B556A #7B6655

monochromatic

#233332 #3C5755 #557B79 #719D9A #95B6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#557B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#557B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B79

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B79	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.043 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a19f',
    500: '#557b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b79;
$custom-light: #86a19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55395,
    "c": 0.04279,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B79

secondary

#A3888A

accent

#6D71BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →