#55997C#55997C

#55997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.083 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55997C
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(154, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(154, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -28.62, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 29.88, 163.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0799 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.083 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7741, 26.1676, 23.1264)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55997C #995572

analogous

#55995A #55997C #559499

triadic

#55997C #7C5599 #997C55

tetradic

#55997C #5A5599 #995572 #949955

square

#55997C #5A5599 #995572 #949955

split-complementary

#55997C #995594 #995A55

monochromatic

#294A3C #3F725C #55997C #77B49A #9FCAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#55997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#55997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55997C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55997C	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.083 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7a2',
    500: '#55997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55997c;
$custom-light: #89b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.412,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.08292,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55997C

secondary

#B793A2

accent

#638DC5

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55997C

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

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