#557D80#557D80

#557D80 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.045 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D80
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 128)
HSL	hsl(184, 20%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 34%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, -13.07, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 14.42, 204.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% -0.0415 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.045 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9749, 18.1562, 23.1333)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D80 #805855

analogous

#55806E #557D80 #556880

triadic

#557D80 #80557D #7D8055

tetradic

#557D80 #6E5580 #805855 #688055

square

#557D80 #6E5580 #805855 #688055

split-complementary

#557D80 #805568 #806E55

monochromatic

#243536 #3D595B #557D80 #719EA1 #96B7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#557D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#557D80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557D80

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557D80	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.045 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2a4',
    500: '#557d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d80;
$custom-light: #87a2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 20.188,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56129,
    "c": 0.04475,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D80

secondary

#A78C8A

accent

#716BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D80

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

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