#55979F#55979F

#55979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.068 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#55979F
RGBrgb(85, 151, 159)
HSLhsl(186, 30%, 48%)
HSVhsv(186, 47%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(46.5%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(58.57, -18.82, -10.76)
CIE-LCHlch(58.57, 21.68, 209.75°)
OKLaboklab(63.56% -0.0616 -0.0296)
OKLCHoklch(63.56% 0.068 205.7)
XYZxyz(21.0685, 26.5660, 36.8117)
Luminance0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#55979F #9F5D55
analogous
#559F82 #55979F #55729F
triadic
#55979F #9F5597 #979F55
tetradic
#55979F #82559F #9F5D55 #729F55
square
#55979F #82559F #9F5D55 #729F55
split-complementary
#55979F #9F5572 #9F8255
monochromatic
#2A4B4F #407177 #55979F #7AB1B8 #A1C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33
#55979F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31
#55979F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55979F
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##55979F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##55979F1.003.336.316.31
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3121.001.001.00
##0000006.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E92A0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81899F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2F9C99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #55979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.068 205.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5bb',
    500: '#55979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #55979f;
$custom-light: #8ab5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#55979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#55979F
secondary
#BA9995
accent
#6C61C7
background
#F8FBFB
surface
#F0F6F6
border
#CBD0D0
text
#0C1111
muted
#7D8080

Preview Lab

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#55979F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva