#557C7E#557C7E

#557C7E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.044 H 200.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C7E
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(183, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, -13.03, -5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 14.13, 202.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% -0.041 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.044 200)
XYZ	xyz(14.7186, 17.8521, 22.4049)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C7E #7E5755

analogous

#557E6C #557C7E #55687E

triadic

#557C7E #7E557C #7C7E55

tetradic

#557C7E #6C557E #7E5755 #687E55

square

#557C7E #6C557E #7E5755 #687E55

split-complementary

#557C7E #7E5568 #7E6C55

monochromatic

#243435 #3C5859 #557C7E #719D9F #96B6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#557C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#557C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557C7E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557C7E	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77797E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F737E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#467F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.044 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a3',
    500: '#557c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c7e;
$custom-light: #86a2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55814,
    "c": 0.04368,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.17853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C7E

secondary

#A58B89

accent

#706CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F3

border

#CACCCD

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C7E

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

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