#55596A#55596A

#55596A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.028 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55596A
RGB	rgb(85, 89, 106)
HSL	hsl(229, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(229, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 16%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.05, 2.43, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.05, 10.53, 283.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.68% 0.0024 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(46.68% 0.028 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9196, 10.1165, 15.0629)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55596A #6A6655

analogous

#55646A #55596A #5B556A

triadic

#55596A #6A5559 #596A55

tetradic

#55596A #6A5564 #6A6655 #556A5B

square

#55596A #6A5564 #6A6655 #556A5B

split-complementary

#55596A #6A5B55 #646A55

monochromatic

#1F2026 #3A3C48 #55596A #70768C #9296A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#55596A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#55596A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55596A

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55596A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55596A	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53596A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55596a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 89, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.028 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#858794',
    500: '#55596a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55596a;
$custom-light: #858794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55596a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46681,
    "c": 0.02798,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55596A

secondary

#969385

accent

#A874B4

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFEFF1

border

#CACACB

text

#0B0B0D

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55596A

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

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