#55989A#55989A

#55989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.068 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55989A
RGB	rgb(85, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 45%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -20.71, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 22.09, 200.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.065 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.068 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8050, 26.7192, 34.6266)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55989A #9A5755

analogous

#559A7A #55989A #55769A

triadic

#55989A #9A5598 #989A55

tetradic

#55989A #7A559A #9A5755 #769A55

square

#55989A #7A559A #9A5755 #769A55

split-complementary

#55989A #9A5576 #9A7A55

monochromatic

#294A4B #3F7173 #55989A #78B3B4 #9FC9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#55989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#55989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55989A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55989A	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90929A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.068 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab6b7',
    500: '#55989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55989a;
$custom-light: #8ab6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.739,
    "s": 28.87,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63627,
    "c": 0.06835,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55989A

secondary

#B89493

accent

#6663C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55989A

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

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