#55939D#55939D

#55939D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.066 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55939D
RGB	rgb(85, 147, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -17.25, -11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 20.75, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0576 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.066 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2635, 25.2315, 35.6941)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55939D #9D5F55

analogous

#559D83 #55939D #556F9D

triadic

#55939D #9D5593 #939D55

tetradic

#55939D #83559D #9D5F55 #6F9D55

square

#55939D #83559D #9D5F55 #6F9D55

split-complementary

#55939D #9D556F #9D8355

monochromatic

#2A494E #406E75 #55939D #79AEB6 #A1C6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#55939D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#55939D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55939D

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55939D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55939D	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55939d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 147, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.066 208.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55939d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.06572,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55939D

secondary

#B99A95

accent

#7062C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55939D

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

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