#55949C#55949C

#55949C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.066 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55949C
RGB	rgb(85, 148, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -18.06, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 20.92, 210.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0592 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.066 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3347, 25.5098, 35.2984)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55949C #9C5D55

analogous

#559C81 #55949C #55709C

triadic

#55949C #9C5594 #949C55

tetradic

#55949C #81559C #9C5D55 #709C55

square

#55949C #81559C #9C5D55 #709C55

split-complementary

#55949C #9C5570 #9C8155

monochromatic

#2A494D #3F6E74 #55949C #78AFB6 #A0C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#55949C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#55949C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55949C

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55949C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55949C	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	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)

#8B8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55949c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 148, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.066 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b3b9',
    500: '#55949c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55949c;
$custom-light: #89b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55949c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.06595,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55949C

secondary

#B99894

accent

#6D62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55949C

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

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