#557C97#557C97

#557C97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.061 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557C97
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 151)
HSL	hsl(205, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 44%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, -6.17, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 19.82, 251.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0308 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.061 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5380, 18.5799, 31.9870)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557C97 #977055

analogous

#559791 #557C97 #555B97

triadic

#557C97 #97557C #7C9755

tetradic

#557C97 #915597 #977055 #5B9755

square

#557C97 #915597 #977055 #5B9755

split-complementary

#557C97 #97555B #979155

monochromatic

#293C49 #3F5C70 #557C97 #779AB2 #9EB7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#557C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#557C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557C97

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557C97	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.061 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a1b5',
    500: '#557c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557c97;
$custom-light: #88a1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 27.966,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56799,
    "c": 0.06054,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557C97

secondary

#B6A192

accent

#8B64C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557C97

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

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