#557E84#557E84

#557E84 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.046 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E84
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 132)
HSL	hsl(188, 22%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 36%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 4.5%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, -12.58, -7.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 14.80, 211.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.0411 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.046 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3706, 18.5180, 24.5897)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E84 #845B55

analogous

#558473 #557E84 #556684

triadic

#557E84 #84557E #7E8455

tetradic

#557E84 #735584 #845B55 #668455

square

#557E84 #735584 #845B55 #668455

split-complementary

#557E84 #845566 #847355

monochromatic

#25373A #3D5A5F #557E84 #729EA4 #97B7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#557E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#557E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E84

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E84	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	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)

#787B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#438180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.046 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3a7',
    500: '#557e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e84;
$custom-light: #87a3a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56517,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E84

secondary

#AA8F8B

accent

#746ABE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E84

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

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