#557D95#557D95

#557D95 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.058 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557D95
RGB	rgb(85, 125, 149)
HSL	hsl(203, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 43%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 16.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -7.33, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 18.81, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% -0.0329 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.058 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5029, 18.7674, 31.1808)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557D95 #956D55

analogous

#55958D #557D95 #555D95

triadic

#557D95 #95557D #7D9555

tetradic

#557D95 #8D5595 #956D55 #5D9555

square

#557D95 #8D5595 #956D55 #5D9555

split-complementary

#557D95 #95555D #958D55

monochromatic

#293C47 #3F5C6E #557D95 #769BB1 #9DB7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#557D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#557D95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557D95

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557D95	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727C96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 125, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.058 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a2b4',
    500: '#557d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557d95;
$custom-light: #88a2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 27.35,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5695,
    "c": 0.05806,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557D95

secondary

#B59E91

accent

#8864C4

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557D95

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

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