#557C7A#557C7A

#557C7A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.044 H 191.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C7A
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 122)
HSL	hsl(177, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 31%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, -14.05, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 14.43, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% -0.0428 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.044 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4656, 17.7510, 21.0726)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C7A #7C5557

analogous

#557C66 #557C7A #556A7C

triadic

#557C7A #7A557C #7C7A55

tetradic

#557C7A #66557C #7C5557 #6A7C55

square

#557C7A #66557C #7C5557 #6A7C55

split-complementary

#557C7A #7C556A #7C6655

monochromatic

#233333 #3C5856 #557C7A #719D9B #95B6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#557C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#557C7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557C7A

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557C7A	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.044 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a0',
    500: '#557c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c7a;
$custom-light: #86a2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 18.66,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55674,
    "c": 0.04377,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C7A

secondary

#A4898A

accent

#6C71BB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C7A

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

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