#558E8A#558E8A

#558E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.060 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558E8A
RGB	rgb(85, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(176, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 40%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -19.68, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 20.04, 190.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0595 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.06 190)
XYZ	xyz(18.0050, 23.1110, 27.5519)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558E8A #8E5559

analogous

#558E6E #558E8A #55768E

triadic

#558E8A #8A558E #8E8A55

tetradic

#558E8A #6E558E #8E5559 #768E55

square

#558E8A #6E558E #8E5559 #768E55

split-complementary

#558E8A #8E5576 #8E6E55

monochromatic

#274140 #3E6865 #558E8A #74ACA8 #9BC3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#558E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#558E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558E8A

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558E8A	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E818B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.060 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afac',
    500: '#558e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558e8a;
$custom-light: #88afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 25.11,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.23112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558E8A

secondary

#B08F91

accent

#666DC2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C1010

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #558E8A

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

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