#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
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -18.82, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 21.68, 209.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0616 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.068 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0685, 26.5660, 36.8117)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##55979F	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)

#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

Preview with #55979F

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

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