#558B79#558B79

#558B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558B79
RGB	rgb(85, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(160, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -22.29, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 22.65, 169.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0635 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.064 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4288, 21.7760, 21.4229)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558B79 #8B5567

analogous

#558B5E #558B79 #55828B

triadic

#558B79 #79558B #8B7955

tetradic

#558B79 #5E558B #8B5567 #828B55

square

#558B79 #5E558B #8B5567 #828B55

split-complementary

#558B79 #8B5582 #8B5E55

monochromatic

#273F37 #3E6558 #558B79 #74AA98 #99C1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#558B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#558B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558B79

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558B79	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ad9f',
    500: '#558b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558b79;
$custom-light: #87ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 24.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59352,
    "c": 0.06428,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558B79

secondary

#AE8E98

accent

#6785C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #558B79

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

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