#557E80#557E80

#557E80 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.046 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E80
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(183, 20%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 34%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, -13.63, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 14.75, 202.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0429 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.046 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1021, 18.4106, 23.1757)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E80 #805755

analogous

#55806D #557E80 #556980

triadic

#557E80 #80557E #7E8055

tetradic

#557E80 #6D5580 #805755 #698055

square

#557E80 #6D5580 #805755 #698055

split-complementary

#557E80 #805569 #806D55

monochromatic

#243636 #3D5A5B #557E80 #719FA1 #96B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#557E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#557E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E80

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E80	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.046 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3a4',
    500: '#557e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e80;
$custom-light: #87a3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 20.188,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56372,
    "c": 0.04558,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E80

secondary

#A78B8A

accent

#6F6BBD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF3F4

border

#CACDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E80

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

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