#556C8A#556C8A

#556C8A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.055 H 255.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#556C8A
RGB	rgb(85, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(214, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(214, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.93, -0.50, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.93, 19.22, 268.52°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% -0.014 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.055 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6949, 14.4907, 26.1152)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#556C8A #8A7355

analogous

#55868A #556C8A #58558A

triadic

#556C8A #8A556C #6C8A55

tetradic

#556C8A #8A5586 #8A7355 #558A58

square

#556C8A #8A5586 #8A7355 #558A58

split-complementary

#556C8A #8A5855 #868A55

monochromatic

#26313E #3E4E64 #556C8A #738BA9 #99AAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#556C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#556C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #556C8A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##556C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##556C8A	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#447376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #556c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.055 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8796ac',
    500: '#556c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #556c8a;
$custom-light: #8796ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#556c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.962,
    "s": 23.767,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52483,
    "c": 0.05498,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#556C8A

secondary

#AEA08D

accent

#9A68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF1F4

border

#CACBCE

text

#0B0D10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #556C8A

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

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