#55728C#55728C

#55728C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.053 H 246.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55728C
RGB	rgb(85, 114, 140)
HSL	hsl(208, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(208, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, -3.50, -17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 17.90, 258.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% -0.0215 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.053 246)
XYZ	xyz(14.4957, 15.8586, 27.1031)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55728C #8C6F55

analogous

#558C8B #55728C #55578C

triadic

#55728C #8C5572 #728C55

tetradic

#55728C #8B558C #8C6F55 #578C55

square

#55728C #8B558C #8C6F55 #578C55

split-complementary

#55728C #8C5557 #8C8B55

monochromatic

#273440 #3E5366 #55728C #7491AA #9AAFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#55728C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#55728C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55728C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55728C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55728C	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68728D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55728c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 114, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.053 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879aad',
    500: '#55728c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55728c;
$custom-light: #879aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55728c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53972,
    "c": 0.05306,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55728C

secondary

#AF9D8E

accent

#9167C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55728C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →