#55788B#55788B

#55788B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.050 H 232.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55788B
RGB	rgb(85, 120, 139)
HSL	hsl(201, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 39%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, -7.28, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 16.04, 242.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0301 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.05 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1214, 17.2274, 26.9495)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55788B #8B6855

analogous

#558B83 #55788B #555D8B

triadic

#55788B #8B5578 #788B55

tetradic

#55788B #83558B #8B6855 #5D8B55

square

#55788B #83558B #8B6855 #5D8B55

split-complementary

#55788B #8B555D #8B8355

monochromatic

#27363F #3E5765 #55788B #7497AA #99B3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#55788B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#55788B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55788B

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55788B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55788B	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67718B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55788b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 120, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.050 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fad',
    500: '#55788b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55788b;
$custom-light: #879fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55788b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.111,
    "s": 24.107,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55347,
    "c": 0.04952,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55788B

secondary

#AE998E

accent

#8767C1

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#F0F2F4

border

#CBCCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55788B

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

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