#557CAE#557CAE

#557CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557CAE
RGB	rgb(85, 124, 174)
HSL	hsl(214, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 0.79, -30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 30.74, 271.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.023 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.089 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5913, 19.4012, 42.8013)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557CAE #AE8755

analogous

#55A8AE #557CAE #5A55AE

triadic

#557CAE #AE557C #7CAE55

tetradic

#557CAE #AE55A8 #AE8755 #55AE5A

square

#557CAE #AE55A8 #AE8755 #55AE5A

split-complementary

#557CAE #AE5A55 #A8AE55

monochromatic

#2C415D #405F86 #557CAE #7E9CC2 #A8BCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#557CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#557CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557CAE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557CAE	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D76AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A878D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 124, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa1c6',
    500: '#557cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557cae;
$custom-light: #8aa1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.708,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57873,
    "c": 0.08916,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557CAE

secondary

#C3B29C

accent

#9B5CCB

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #557CAE

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

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