#557D89#557D89

#557D89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.048 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D89
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 137)
HSL	hsl(194, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 8.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -10.69, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 15.29, 225.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% -0.0377 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.048 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5937, 18.4037, 26.3927)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D89 #896155

analogous

#55897B #557D89 #556389

triadic

#557D89 #89557D #7D8955

tetradic

#557D89 #7B5589 #896155 #638955

square

#557D89 #7B5589 #896155 #638955

split-complementary

#557D89 #895563 #897B55

monochromatic

#26383D #3E5B63 #557D89 #739CA8 #99B7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#557D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#557D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557D89

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557D89	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#418181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.048 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a2ab',
    500: '#557d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d89;
$custom-light: #87a2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 23.423,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.04817,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D89

secondary

#AD948D

accent

#7C68C0

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D89

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

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