#557A97#557A97

#557A97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.062 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557A97
RGB	rgb(85, 122, 151)
HSL	hsl(206, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 44%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.60, -5.01, -19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.60, 20.37, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% -0.0282 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.062 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2899, 18.0837, 31.9043)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557A97 #977255

analogous

#559793 #557A97 #555997

triadic

#557A97 #97557A #7A9755

tetradic

#557A97 #935597 #977255 #599755

square

#557A97 #935597 #977255 #599755

split-complementary

#557A97 #975559 #979355

monochromatic

#293B49 #3F5A70 #557A97 #7798B2 #9EB6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#557A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#557A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557A97

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557A97	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 122, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.062 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a0b5',
    500: '#557a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557a97;
$custom-light: #88a0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.364,
    "s": 27.966,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5633,
    "c": 0.06152,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557A97

secondary

#B6A292

accent

#8E64C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557A97

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

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