#55738D#55738D

#55738D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.054 H 245.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55738D
RGB	rgb(85, 115, 141)
HSL	hsl(208, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(208, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, -3.80, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 18.04, 257.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% -0.0225 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.054 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6832, 16.1150, 27.5310)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55738D #8D6F55

analogous

#558D8B #55738D #55578D

triadic

#55738D #8D5573 #738D55

tetradic

#55738D #8B558D #8D6F55 #578D55

square

#55738D #8B558D #8D6F55 #578D55

split-complementary

#55738D #8D5557 #8D8B55

monochromatic

#273541 #3E5467 #55738D #7492AB #9AB0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#55738D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#55738D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55738D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55738D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55738D	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68738E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41797C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55738d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 115, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.054 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879bae',
    500: '#55738d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55738d;
$custom-light: #879bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55738d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.857,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5425,
    "c": 0.05367,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55738D

secondary

#B09E8E

accent

#9167C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55738D

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

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