#558E7B#558E7B

#558E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.067 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558E7B
RGB	rgb(85, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(160, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 40%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, -23.36, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 23.75, 169.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0664 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.067 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9931, 22.7062, 22.2224)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558E7B #8E5568

analogous

#558E5F #558E7B #55858E

triadic

#558E7B #7B558E #8E7B55

tetradic

#558E7B #5F558E #8E5568 #858E55

square

#558E7B #5F558E #8E5568 #858E55

split-complementary

#558E7B #8E5585 #8E5F55

monochromatic

#274139 #3E685A #558E7B #74AC99 #9BC3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#558E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#558E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558E7B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558E7B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B877A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81807C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#448F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.067 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afa1',
    500: '#558e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558e7b;
$custom-light: #87afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 25.11,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60159,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558E7B

secondary

#B08F9A

accent

#6685C2

background

#F8FAF9

surface

#F0F4F2

border

#CBCECC

text

#0B100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #558E7B

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

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