#55939B#55939B

#55939B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.065 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55939B
RGB	rgb(85, 147, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -17.80, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 20.66, 210.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0584 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.065 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0942, 25.1637, 34.8022)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55939B #9B5D55

analogous

#559B80 #55939B #55709B

triadic

#55939B #9B5593 #939B55

tetradic

#55939B #80559B #9B5D55 #709B55

square

#55939B #80559B #9B5D55 #709B55

split-complementary

#55939B #9B5570 #9B8055

monochromatic

#2A484C #3F6E73 #55939B #78AEB5 #A0C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#55939B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#55939B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55939B

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55939B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55939B	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55939b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 147, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.065 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b2b8',
    500: '#55939b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55939b;
$custom-light: #89b2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55939b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62451,
    "c": 0.06514,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55939B

secondary

#B89894

accent

#6E62C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55939B

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

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