#55949E#55949E

#55949E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.067 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55949E
RGB	rgb(85, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -17.51, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 21.00, 213.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0584 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.067 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5054, 25.5781, 36.1976)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55949E #9E5F55

analogous

#559E83 #55949E #55709E

triadic

#55949E #9E5594 #949E55

tetradic

#55949E #83559E #9E5F55 #709E55

square

#55949E #83559E #9E5F55 #709E55

split-complementary

#55949E #9E5570 #9E8355

monochromatic

#2A494E #406F76 #55949E #79AFB7 #A1C6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#55949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#55949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55949E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55949E	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.067 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab3ba',
    500: '#55949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55949e;
$custom-light: #8ab3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62804,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55949E

secondary

#BA9A95

accent

#6F62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55949E

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

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