#557C70#557C70

#557C70 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.048 H 173.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C70
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 112)
HSL	hsl(162, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(162, 31%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 9.7%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.90, -16.47, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.90, 16.61, 172.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0474 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.048 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8776, 17.5157, 17.9757)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C70 #7C5561

analogous

#557C5C #557C70 #55747C

triadic

#557C70 #70557C #7C7055

tetradic

#557C70 #5C557C #7C5561 #747C55

square

#557C70 #5C557C #7C5561 #747C55

split-complementary

#557C70 #7C5574 #7C5C55

monochromatic

#23332E #3C584F #557C70 #719D90 #95B6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#557C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#557C70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557C70

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557C70	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79776F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B7D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.048 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a299',
    500: '#557c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c70;
$custom-light: #86a299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 18.66,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55347,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C70

secondary

#A48991

accent

#6C85BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C70

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

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