#557E71#557E71

#557E71 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.050 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E71
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 113)
HSL	hsl(161, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(161, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 10.3%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -17.32, 2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 17.50, 171.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% -0.0497 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.05 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1868, 18.0445, 18.3550)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E71 #7E5562

analogous

#557E5D #557E71 #55777E

triadic

#557E71 #71557E #7E7155

tetradic

#557E71 #5D557E #7E5562 #777E55

square

#557E71 #5D557E #7E5562 #777E55

split-complementary

#557E71 #7E5577 #7E5D55

monochromatic

#24352F #3C5950 #557E71 #719F91 #96B8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#557E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#557E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E71

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E71	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A7F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.050 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a399',
    500: '#557e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e71;
$custom-light: #86a399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.976,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55874,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E71

secondary

#A58992

accent

#6C85BC

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#EFF4F2

border

#CACECC

text

#0B0F0E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E71

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

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