#55858C#55858C

#55858C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.053 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55858C
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 140)
HSL	hsl(188, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 5%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -14.32, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 16.86, 211.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.047 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.053 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8658, 20.5987, 27.8931)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55858C #8C5C55

analogous

#558C78 #55858C #556A8C

triadic

#55858C #8C5585 #858C55

tetradic

#55858C #78558C #8C5C55 #6A8C55

square

#55858C #78558C #8C5C55 #6A8C55

split-complementary

#55858C #8C556A #8C7855

monochromatic

#273D40 #3E6166 #55858C #74A3AA #9ABDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#55858C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#55858C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55858C

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55858C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55858C	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E818C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55858c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.053 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8ad',
    500: '#55858c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55858c;
$custom-light: #88a8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55858c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.636,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58509,
    "c": 0.05299,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55858C

secondary

#AF928E

accent

#7267C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55858C

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

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