#558B8D#558B8D

#558B8D is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.057 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558B8D
RGB	rgb(85, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -17.31, -6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 18.56, 201.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0544 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.057 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7849, 22.3184, 28.5648)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558B8D #8D5755

analogous

#558D73 #558B8D #556F8D

triadic

#558B8D #8D558B #8B8D55

tetradic

#558B8D #73558D #8D5755 #6F8D55

square

#558B8D #73558D #8D5755 #6F8D55

split-complementary

#558B8D #8D556F #8D7355

monochromatic

#274041 #3E6567 #558B8D #74A9AB #9AC1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#558B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#558B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558B8D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558B8D	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.057 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adae',
    500: '#558b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558b8d;
$custom-light: #88adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60004,
    "c": 0.05742,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558B8D

secondary

#B08F8E

accent

#6A67C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #558B8D

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

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