#55979A#55979A

#55979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.068 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55979A
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(183, 45%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -20.19, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 21.77, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0637 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.068 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6434, 26.3960, 34.5727)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55979A #9A5855

analogous

#559A7B #55979A #55759A

triadic

#55979A #9A5597 #979A55

tetradic

#55979A #7B559A #9A5855 #759A55

square

#55979A #7B559A #9A5855 #759A55

split-complementary

#55979A #9A5575 #9A7B55

monochromatic

#294A4B #3F7073 #55979A #78B2B4 #9FC8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#55979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#55979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55979A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55979A	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.068 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5b7',
    500: '#55979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55979a;
$custom-light: #89b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 28.87,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63384,
    "c": 0.06758,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55979A

secondary

#B89593

accent

#6763C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55979A

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

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