#557D7A#557D7A

#557D7A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.045 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D7A
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 122)
HSL	hsl(176, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 32%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 2.4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, -14.60, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 14.87, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% -0.0442 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.045 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5916, 18.0029, 21.1146)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D7A #7D5558

analogous

#557D66 #557D7A #556C7D

triadic

#557D7A #7A557D #7D7A55

tetradic

#557D7A #66557D #7D5558 #6C7D55

square

#557D7A #66557D #7D5558 #6C7D55

split-complementary

#557D7A #7D556C #7D6655

monochromatic

#233433 #3C5956 #557D7A #719E9B #95B7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#557D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#557D7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557D7A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557D7A	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#79797A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#477F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.045 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a2a0',
    500: '#557d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d7a;
$custom-light: #86a2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55919,
    "c": 0.04489,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D7A

secondary

#A5898B

accent

#6C72BC

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF3F2

border

#CACDCC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D7A

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

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