#55949F#55949F

#55949F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.067 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55949F
RGB	rgb(85, 148, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(189, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 6.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -17.23, -12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 21.06, 215.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0579 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.067 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5919, 25.6127, 36.6528)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55949F #9F6055

analogous

#559F85 #55949F #556F9F

triadic

#55949F #9F5594 #949F55

tetradic

#55949F #85559F #9F6055 #6F9F55

square

#55949F #85559F #9F6055 #6F9F55

split-complementary

#55949F #9F556F #9F8555

monochromatic

#2A4A4F #406F77 #55949F #7AAEB8 #A1C7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#55949F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#55949F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55949F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55949F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55949F	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)

#8A90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55949f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 148, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.067 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab3bb',
    500: '#55949f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55949f;
$custom-light: #8ab3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55949f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.06687,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55949F

secondary

#BA9B95

accent

#7061C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55949F

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

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