#557AA2#557AA2

#557AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.075 H 251.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557AA2
RGB	rgb(85, 122, 162)
HSL	hsl(211, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 24.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, -1.73, -25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 25.54, 266.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% -0.0243 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.075 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2252, 18.4578, 36.8305)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557AA2 #A27D55

analogous

#55A0A2 #557AA2 #5655A2

triadic

#557AA2 #A2557A #7AA255

tetradic

#557AA2 #A255A0 #A27D55 #55A256

square

#557AA2 #A255A0 #A27D55 #55A256

split-complementary

#557AA2 #A25655 #A0A255

monochromatic

#2B3E52 #405C7A #557AA2 #7B99BA #A3B8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#557AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#557AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557AA2

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557AA2	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 122, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.075 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a0bd',
    500: '#557aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557aa2;
$custom-light: #89a0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.169,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56832,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557AA2

secondary

#BCAA97

accent

#9660C7

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #557AA2

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

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