#55729B#55729B

#55729B is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.073 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55729B
RGB	rgb(85, 114, 155)
HSL	hsl(215, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(215, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 26.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 0.91, -25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 25.48, 272.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% -0.0163 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.073 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6781, 16.3315, 33.3302)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55729B #9B7E55

analogous

#55959B #55729B #5B559B

triadic

#55729B #9B5572 #729B55

tetradic

#55729B #9B5595 #9B7E55 #559B5B

square

#55729B #9B5595 #9B7E55 #559B5B

split-complementary

#55729B #9B5B55 #959B55

monochromatic

#2A384C #3F5573 #55729B #7891B5 #A0B2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#55729B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#55729B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55729B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55729B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55729B	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63749D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55729b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 114, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.073 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ab8',
    500: '#55729b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55729b;
$custom-light: #889ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55729b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.143,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54661,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55729B

secondary

#B8A994

accent

#9C62C5

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55729B

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

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