#55949D#55949D

#55949D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.066 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55949D
RGB	rgb(85, 148, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -17.79, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 20.95, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0588 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.066 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4197, 25.5438, 35.7462)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55949D #9D5E55

analogous

#559D82 #55949D #55709D

triadic

#55949D #9D5594 #949D55

tetradic

#55949D #82559D #9D5E55 #709D55

square

#55949D #82559D #9D5E55 #709D55

split-complementary

#55949D #9D5570 #9D8255

monochromatic

#2A494E #406F75 #55949D #79AFB6 #A1C6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#55949D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#55949D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55949D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55949D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55949D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55949d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 148, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.066 207.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55949d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62767,
    "c": 0.06622,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55949D

secondary

#B99995

accent

#6E62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55949D

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

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