#557C7C#557C7C

#557C7C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.044 H 196.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C7C
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 124)
HSL	hsl(180, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 31%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 0%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, -13.54, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 14.23, 197.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% -0.0419 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.044 196)
XYZ	xyz(14.5908, 17.8010, 21.7320)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C7C #7C5555

analogous

#557C68 #557C7C #55687C

triadic

#557C7C #7C557C #7C7C55

tetradic

#557C7C #68557C #7C5555 #687C55

square

#557C7C #68557C #7C5555 #687C55

split-complementary

#557C7C #7C5568 #7C6855

monochromatic

#233333 #3C5858 #557C7C #719D9D #95B6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#557C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#557C7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557C7C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557C7C	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77787C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.044 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a1',
    500: '#557c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c7c;
$custom-light: #86a2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 18.66,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55743,
    "c": 0.0436,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.17802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C7C

secondary

#A48989

accent

#6C6CBB

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C7C

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

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