#557C96#557C96

#557C96 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.059 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C96
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 150)
HSL	hsl(204, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 43%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 17.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, -6.46, -18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 19.41, 250.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0312 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.059 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4571, 18.5475, 31.5611)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557C96 #966F55

analogous

#55968F #557C96 #555B96

triadic

#557C96 #96557C #7C9655

tetradic

#557C96 #8F5596 #966F55 #5B9655

square

#557C96 #8F5596 #966F55 #5B9655

split-complementary

#557C96 #96555B #968F55

monochromatic

#293B48 #3F5C6F #557C96 #779AB2 #9EB7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#557C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#557C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557C96

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557C96	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.059 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1b5',
    500: '#557c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c96;
$custom-light: #88a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C96

secondary

#B5A092

accent

#8A64C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C96

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

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