#55858D#55858D

#55858D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.053 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55858D
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(189, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, -14.05, -9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 16.93, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0466 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.053 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9398, 20.6283, 28.2832)
Luminance	0.2063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55858D #8D5D55

analogous

#558D79 #55858D #55698D

triadic

#55858D #8D5585 #858D55

tetradic

#55858D #79558D #8D5D55 #698D55

square

#55858D #79558D #8D5D55 #698D55

split-complementary

#55858D #8D5569 #8D7955

monochromatic

#273D41 #3E6167 #55858D #74A3AB #9ABDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#55858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#55858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55858D

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55858D	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.053 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8ae',
    500: '#55858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55858d;
$custom-light: #88a8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58547,
    "c": 0.05331,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55858D

secondary

#B0938E

accent

#7467C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55858D

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

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