#557B94#557B94

#557B94 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.058 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557B94
RGB	rgb(85, 123, 148)
HSL	hsl(204, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 16.9%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, -6.46, -17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 18.85, 249.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.0306 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.058 238)
XYZ	xyz(16.1728, 18.2343, 30.6786)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557B94 #946E55

analogous

#55948D #557B94 #555B94

triadic

#557B94 #94557B #7B9455

tetradic

#557B94 #8D5594 #946E55 #5B9455

square

#557B94 #8D5594 #946E55 #5B9455

split-complementary

#557B94 #94555B #948D55

monochromatic

#283A46 #3F5B6D #557B94 #7699B0 #9DB6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#557B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#557B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557B94

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557B94	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707A95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 123, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.058 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1b3',
    500: '#557b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557b94;
$custom-light: #88a1b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.81,
    "s": 27.039,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56435,
    "c": 0.05772,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.18235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557B94

secondary

#B49F91

accent

#8A64C3

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557B94

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

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