#55988E#55988E

#55988E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.070 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55988E
RGB	rgb(85, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -23.83, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 23.87, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0703 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.07 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8551, 26.3392, 29.6236)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55988E #98555F

analogous

#55986D #55988E #558198

triadic

#55988E #8E5598 #988E55

tetradic

#55988E #6D5598 #98555F #819855

square

#55988E #6D5598 #98555F #819855

split-complementary

#55988E #985581 #986D55

monochromatic

#294A45 #3F7169 #55988E #77B3AA #9EC9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#55988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#55988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55988E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55988E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.070 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b6af',
    500: '#55988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55988e;
$custom-light: #89b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.045,
    "s": 28.27,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63222,
    "c": 0.07043,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55988E

secondary

#B69298

accent

#6372C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55988E

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

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