#557D79#557D79

#557D79 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.045 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D79
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(174, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 32%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, -14.85, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 15.02, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% -0.0446 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.045 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5299, 17.9782, 20.7900)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D79 #7D5559

analogous

#557D65 #557D79 #556D7D

triadic

#557D79 #79557D #7D7955

tetradic

#557D79 #65557D #7D5559 #6D7D55

square

#557D79 #65557D #7D5559 #6D7D55

split-complementary

#557D79 #7D556D #7D6555

monochromatic

#233432 #3C5956 #557D79 #719E9A #95B7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#557D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#557D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557D79

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557D79	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#487F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.045 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a29f',
    500: '#557d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d79;
$custom-light: #86a29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55885,
    "c": 0.0451,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D79

secondary

#A5898C

accent

#6C74BC

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D79

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

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