#55656A#55656A

#55656A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.021 H 218.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55656A
RGB	rgb(85, 101, 106)
HSL	hsl(194, 11%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(194, 20%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, -4.85, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 6.86, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0164 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.021 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0008, 12.2789, 15.4233)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55656A #6A5A55

analogous

#556A65 #55656A #555A6A

triadic

#55656A #6A5565 #656A55

tetradic

#55656A #65556A #6A5A55 #5A6A55

square

#55656A #65556A #6A5A55 #5A6A55

split-complementary

#55656A #6A555A #6A6555

monochromatic

#1F2426 #3A4548 #55656A #70858C #92A2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#55656A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#55656A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55656A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55656A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55656A	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62646A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E616A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F6766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55656a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 101, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.021 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859094',
    500: '#55656a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55656a;
$custom-light: #859094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55656a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.286,
    "s": 10.995,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49516,
    "c": 0.02105,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55656A

secondary

#968985

accent

#8374B4

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#EFF0F1

border

#CACBCB

text

#0B0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #55656A

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

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