#549BAE#549BAE

#549BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.077 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#549BAE
RGB	rgb(84, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -16.94, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 23.84, 224.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.061 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.077 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0146, 28.3815, 44.3016)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#549BAE #AE6754

analogous

#54AE94 #549BAE #546EAE

triadic

#549BAE #AE549B #9BAE54

tetradic

#549BAE #9454AE #AE6754 #6EAE54

square

#549BAE #9454AE #AE6754 #6EAE54

split-complementary

#549BAE #AE546E #AE9454

monochromatic

#2C525C #3F7786 #549BAE #7EB3C2 #A7CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#549BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#549BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #549BAE

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##549BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##549BAE	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #549bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.077 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8c6',
    500: '#549bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #549bae;
$custom-light: #8bb8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#549bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6505,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#549BAE

secondary

#C3A39B

accent

#745CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #549BAE

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

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