#55998D#55998D

#55998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.072 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55998D
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -24.59, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 24.59, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.072 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.072 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9433, 26.6353, 29.2843)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55998D #995561

analogous

#55996B #55998D #558399

triadic

#55998D #8D5599 #998D55

tetradic

#55998D #6B5599 #995561 #839955

square

#55998D #6B5599 #995561 #839955

split-complementary

#55998D #995583 #996B55

monochromatic

#294A44 #3F7269 #55998D #77B4A9 #9FCAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#55998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#55998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55998D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55998D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.072 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7ae',
    500: '#55998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55998d;
$custom-light: #89b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.07203,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55998D

secondary

#B79399

accent

#6374C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55998D

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

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