#557589#557589

#557589 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.048 H 236.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557589
RGB	rgb(85, 117, 137)
HSL	hsl(203, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(203, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 14.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -6.10, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 15.81, 247.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% -0.0268 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.048 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6215, 16.4592, 26.0686)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557589 #896955

analogous

#558983 #557589 #555B89

triadic

#557589 #895575 #758955

tetradic

#557589 #835589 #896955 #5B8955

square

#557589 #835589 #896955 #5B8955

split-complementary

#557589 #89555B #898355

monochromatic

#26343D #3E5563 #557589 #7394A8 #99B1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#557589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#557589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #557589

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##557589	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C748A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#656E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#437A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 117, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.048 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879cab',
    500: '#557589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557589;
$custom-light: #879cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 23.423,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54552,
    "c": 0.04826,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557589

secondary

#AD998D

accent

#8A68C0

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557589

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

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