#55837E#55837E

#55837E is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.051 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55837E
RGB	rgb(85, 131, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -16.87, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 17.02, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0505 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.051 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6272, 19.6693, 22.7077)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55837E #83555A

analogous

#558367 #55837E #557183

triadic

#55837E #7E5583 #837E55

tetradic

#55837E #675583 #83555A #718355

square

#55837E #675583 #83555A #718355

split-complementary

#55837E #835571 #836755

monochromatic

#253937 #3D5E5A #55837E #72A39E #97BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#55837E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#55837E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55837E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55837E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55837E	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)

#7E7E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55837e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 131, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.051 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a7a3',
    500: '#55837e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55837e;
$custom-light: #87a7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55837e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57528,
    "c": 0.05095,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55837E

secondary

#A98B8E

accent

#6A73BE

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F3

border

#CBCECD

text

#0B0F0F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55837E

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

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