#558D8A#558D8A

#558D8A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.059 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558D8A
RGB	rgb(85, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, -19.15, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 19.61, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0583 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.059 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8569, 22.8148, 27.5026)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558D8A #8D5558

analogous

#558D6E #558D8A #55748D

triadic

#558D8A #8A558D #8D8A55

tetradic

#558D8A #6E558D #8D5558 #748D55

square

#558D8A #6E558D #8D5558 #748D55

split-complementary

#558D8A #8D5574 #8D6E55

monochromatic

#27413F #3E6765 #558D8A #74ABA8 #9AC2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#558D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#558D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558D8A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558D8A	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.059 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeac',
    500: '#558d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558d8a;
$custom-light: #88aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60388,
    "c": 0.05942,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558D8A

secondary

#B08E90

accent

#676BC1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #558D8A

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

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