#55697E#55697E

#55697E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.041 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55697E
RGB	rgb(85, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(211, 19%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(211, 33%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, -2.06, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 14.25, 261.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% -0.0142 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.041 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5627, 13.5403, 21.6862)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55697E #7E6A55

analogous

#557E7E #55697E #56557E

triadic

#55697E #7E5569 #697E55

tetradic

#55697E #7E557E #7E6A55 #557E56

square

#55697E #7E557E #7E6A55 #557E56

split-complementary

#55697E #7E5655 #7E7E55

monochromatic

#242C35 #3C4B59 #55697E #71889F #96A6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#55697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#55697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55697E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55697E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61697F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C657E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496E70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.041 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8693a3',
    500: '#55697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55697e;
$custom-light: #8693a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.732,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51256,
    "c": 0.04123,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55697E

secondary

#A59889

accent

#956CBC

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F3

border

#CACBCD

text

#0B0D0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55697E

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

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