#55949B#55949B

#55949B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.066 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55949B
RGB	rgb(85, 148, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -18.34, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 20.90, 208.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0596 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.066 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2504, 25.4761, 34.8543)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55949B #9B5C55

analogous

#559B7F #55949B #55719B

triadic

#55949B #9B5594 #949B55

tetradic

#55949B #7F559B #9B5C55 #719B55

square

#55949B #7F559B #9B5C55 #719B55

split-complementary

#55949B #9B5571 #9B7F55

monochromatic

#2A494C #3F6E73 #55949B #78AFB5 #A0C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#55949B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#55949B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55949B

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55949B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55949B	1.00	3.45	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55949b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 148, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.066 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b3b8',
    500: '#55949b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55949b;
$custom-light: #89b3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55949b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.06571,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55949B

secondary

#B89794

accent

#6C62C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55949B

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

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