#55837D#55837D

#55837D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.051 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55837D
RGB	rgb(85, 131, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -17.11, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 17.20, 185.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.051 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.051 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5630, 19.6436, 22.3696)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55837D #83555B

analogous

#558366 #55837D #557283

triadic

#55837D #7D5583 #837D55

tetradic

#55837D #665583 #83555B #728355

square

#55837D #665583 #83555B #728355

split-complementary

#55837D #835572 #836655

monochromatic

#253936 #3D5E5A #55837D #72A39D #97BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#55837D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#55837D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55837D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55837D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55837D	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55837d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 131, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.051 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a7a2',
    500: '#55837d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55837d;
$custom-light: #87a7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55837d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.05123,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55837D

secondary

#A98B8F

accent

#6A75BE

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55837D

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

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