#55999F#55999F

#55999F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.070 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55999F
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -19.88, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 22.19, 206.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.064 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.07 203)
XYZ	xyz(21.3931, 27.2152, 36.9199)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55999F #9F5B55

analogous

#559F80 #55999F #55749F

triadic

#55999F #9F5599 #999F55

tetradic

#55999F #80559F #9F5B55 #749F55

square

#55999F #80559F #9F5B55 #749F55

split-complementary

#55999F #9F5574 #9F8055

monochromatic

#2A4C4F #407377 #55999F #7AB3B8 #A1C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#55999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#55999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55999F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55999F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E9E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.070 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7bb',
    500: '#55999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55999f;
$custom-light: #8ab7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.865,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.06955,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.27217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55999F

secondary

#BA9895

accent

#6961C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #55999F

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

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