#557B7C#557B7C

#557B7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.043 H 198.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B7C
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 124)
HSL	hsl(182, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 31%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, -12.99, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 13.86, 200.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% -0.0405 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.043 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4661, 17.5517, 21.6904)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557B7C #7C5655

analogous

#557C69 #557B7C #55677C

triadic

#557B7C #7C557B #7B7C55

tetradic

#557B7C #69557C #7C5655 #677C55

square

#557B7C #69557C #7C5655 #677C55

split-complementary

#557B7C #7C5567 #7C6955

monochromatic

#233333 #3C5758 #557B7C #719C9D #95B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#557B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#557B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557B7C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557B7C	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76777C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F727C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.043 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a1a1',
    500: '#557b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b7c;
$custom-light: #86a1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 18.66,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.04264,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B7C

secondary

#A48989

accent

#6F6CBB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B7C

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

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