#557C7F#557C7F

#557C7F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.044 H 202.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C7F
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 127)
HSL	hsl(184, 20%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 33%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, -12.78, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 14.12, 205.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0406 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.044 202)
XYZ	xyz(14.7834, 17.8781, 22.7464)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C7F #7F5855

analogous

#557F6D #557C7F #55677F

triadic

#557C7F #7F557C #7C7F55

tetradic

#557C7F #6D557F #7F5855 #677F55

square

#557C7F #6D557F #7F5855 #677F55

split-complementary

#557C7F #7F5567 #7F6D55

monochromatic

#243436 #3C585A #557C7F #719DA0 #96B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#557C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#557C7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557C7F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557C7F	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76797F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F737F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#467F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.044 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a4',
    500: '#557c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c7f;
$custom-light: #86a2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 19.811,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55849,
    "c": 0.0438,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.17879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C7F

secondary

#A68C8A

accent

#716BBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C7F

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

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