#557C80#557C80

#557C80 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.044 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C80
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 128)
HSL	hsl(186, 20%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 34%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.38, -12.52, -6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.38, 14.13, 207.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.0402 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.044 204)
XYZ	xyz(14.8489, 17.9043, 23.0913)
Luminance	0.1790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C80 #805955

analogous

#55806F #557C80 #556780

triadic

#557C80 #80557C #7C8055

tetradic

#557C80 #6F5580 #805955 #678055

square

#557C80 #6F5580 #805955 #678055

split-complementary

#557C80 #805567 #806F55

monochromatic

#243536 #3D585B #557C80 #719CA1 #96B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#557C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#557C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557C80

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557C80	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#457F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.044 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a4',
    500: '#557c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c80;
$custom-light: #86a2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 20.188,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55885,
    "c": 0.04397,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.17905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C80

secondary

#A78D8A

accent

#736BBD

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C80

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

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