#55979C#55979C

#55979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.068 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55979C
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.47, -19.65, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.47, 21.69, 205.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0629 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.068 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8114, 26.4632, 35.4573)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55979C #9C5A55

analogous

#559C7D #55979C #55749C

triadic

#55979C #9C5597 #979C55

tetradic

#55979C #7D559C #9C5A55 #749C55

square

#55979C #7D559C #9C5A55 #749C55

split-complementary

#55979C #9C5574 #9C7D55

monochromatic

#2A4A4D #3F7174 #55979C #78B1B6 #A0C8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#55979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#55979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55979C

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55979C	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.068 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5b9',
    500: '#55979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55979c;
$custom-light: #8ab5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.225,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63455,
    "c": 0.06779,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55979C

secondary

#B99794

accent

#6962C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55979C

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

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