#55979E#55979E

#55979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.068 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55979E
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -19.10, -10.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 21.67, 208.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.062 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.068 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9821, 26.5315, 36.3565)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55979E #9E5C55

analogous

#559E80 #55979E #55739E

triadic

#55979E #9E5597 #979E55

tetradic

#55979E #80559E #9E5C55 #739E55

square

#55979E #80559E #9E5C55 #739E55

split-complementary

#55979E #9E5573 #9E8055

monochromatic

#2A4B4E #407176 #55979E #79B1B7 #A1C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#55979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#55979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55979E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55979E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.068 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5ba',
    500: '#55979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55979e;
$custom-light: #8ab5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.753,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.06814,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55979E

secondary

#BA9995

accent

#6B62C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55979E

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

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