#558B7A#558B7A

#558B7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.064 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558B7A
RGB	rgb(85, 139, 122)
HSL	hsl(161, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(161, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -22.06, 3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 22.33, 171.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.063 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.064 172)
XYZ	xyz(16.4905, 21.8006, 21.7476)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558B7A #8B5566

analogous

#558B5F #558B7A #55818B

triadic

#558B7A #7A558B #8B7A55

tetradic

#558B7A #5F558B #8B5566 #818B55

square

#558B7A #5F558B #8B5566 #818B55

split-complementary

#558B7A #8B5581 #8B5F55

monochromatic

#273F37 #3E6559 #558B7A #74AA99 #99C1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#558B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#558B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558B7A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558B7A	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)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#458C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 139, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.064 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ada0',
    500: '#558b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558b7a;
$custom-light: #87ada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.111,
    "s": 24.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59382,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.21802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558B7A

secondary

#AE8E98

accent

#6783C1

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #558B7A

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

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