#555A7E#555A7E

#555A7E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.058 H 277.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#555A7E
RGB	rgb(85, 90, 126)
HSL	hsl(233, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(233, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 28.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 7.15, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 22.05, 288.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.008 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.058 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1673, 10.7496, 21.2211)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#555A7E #7E7955

analogous

#556F7E #555A7E #65557E

triadic

#555A7E #7E555A #5A7E55

tetradic

#555A7E #7E556F #7E7955 #557E65

square

#555A7E #7E556F #7E7955 #557E65

split-complementary

#555A7E #7E6555 #6F7E55

monochromatic

#242635 #3C4059 #555A7E #71779F #969AB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#555A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#555A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #555A7E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##555A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##555A7E	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A6167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #555a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 90, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.058 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8688a3',
    500: '#555a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #555a7e;
$custom-light: #8688a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#555a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.683,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4781,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#555A7E

secondary

#A5A289

accent

#B26CBC

background

#F8F8FA

surface

#EFEFF3

border

#CACACD

text

#0B0B0F

muted

#7C7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #555A7E

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

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