#557E82#557E82

#557E82 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.046 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E82
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 130)
HSL	hsl(185, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, -13.11, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 14.73, 207.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.042 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.046 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2350, 18.4638, 23.8759)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E82 #825955

analogous

#558270 #557E82 #556882

triadic

#557E82 #82557E #7E8255

tetradic

#557E82 #705582 #825955 #688255

square

#557E82 #705582 #825955 #688255

split-complementary

#557E82 #825568 #827055

monochromatic

#253638 #3D5A5D #557E82 #729EA3 #97B8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#557E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#557E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E82

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E82	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.046 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3a6',
    500: '#557e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e82;
$custom-light: #87a3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 20.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56444,
    "c": 0.04586,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E82

secondary

#A88D8B

accent

#726ABD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E82

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

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