#557E83#557E83

#557E83 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.046 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E83
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 131)
HSL	hsl(187, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, -12.85, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 14.76, 209.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.48% -0.0416 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(56.48% 0.046 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3025, 18.4908, 24.2311)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E83 #835A55

analogous

#558371 #557E83 #556783

triadic

#557E83 #83557E #7E8355

tetradic

#557E83 #715583 #835A55 #678355

square

#557E83 #715583 #835A55 #678355

split-complementary

#557E83 #835567 #837155

monochromatic

#253739 #3D5A5E #557E83 #729EA3 #97B7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#557E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#557E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E83

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E83	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.046 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3a7',
    500: '#557e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e83;
$custom-light: #87a3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5648,
    "c": 0.04608,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E83

secondary

#A98E8B

accent

#736ABE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E83

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

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