#55939C#55939C

#55939C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.065 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55939C
RGB	rgb(85, 147, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 5.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, -17.53, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 20.70, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.058 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.065 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1785, 25.1975, 35.2463)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55939C #9C5E55

analogous

#559C82 #55939C #556F9C

triadic

#55939C #9C5593 #939C55

tetradic

#55939C #82559C #9C5E55 #6F9C55

square

#55939C #82559C #9C5E55 #6F9C55

split-complementary

#55939C #9C556F #9C8255

monochromatic

#2A484D #3F6E74 #55939C #78AEB6 #A0C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#55939C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#55939C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55939C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55939C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55939C	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55939c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 147, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.065 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b2b9',
    500: '#55939c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55939c;
$custom-light: #89b2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55939c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.606,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62488,
    "c": 0.06541,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55939C

secondary

#B99994

accent

#6F62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55939C

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

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