#55729E#55729E

#55729E is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.077 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55729E
RGB	rgb(85, 114, 158)
HSL	hsl(216, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 1.82, -27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 27.09, 273.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% -0.0153 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.077 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9332, 16.4335, 34.6735)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55729E #9E8155

analogous

#55979E #55729E #5C559E

triadic

#55729E #9E5572 #729E55

tetradic

#55729E #9E5597 #9E8155 #559E5C

square

#55729E #9E5597 #9E8155 #559E5C

split-complementary

#55729E #9E5C55 #979E55

monochromatic

#2A394E #405576 #55729E #7992B7 #A1B2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#55729E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#55729E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55729E

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55729E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55729E	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6275A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#387C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55729e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 114, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.077 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889abb',
    500: '#55729e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55729e;
$custom-light: #889abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55729e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.164,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55729E

secondary

#BAAB95

accent

#9E62C6

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55729E

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

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