#557E89#557E89

#557E89 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.048 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E89
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 137)
HSL	hsl(193, 23%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 38%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, -11.25, -10.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 15.38, 222.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.039 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.048 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7210, 18.6582, 26.4351)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#557E89 #896055

analogous

#55897A #557E89 #556489

triadic

#557E89 #89557E #7E8955

tetradic

#557E89 #7A5589 #896055 #648955

square

#557E89 #7A5589 #896055 #648955

split-complementary

#557E89 #895564 #897A55

monochromatic

#26393D #3E5B63 #557E89 #739DA8 #99B7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#557E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#557E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E89

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E89	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#418281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.048 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a3ab',
    500: '#557e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e89;
$custom-light: #87a3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 23.423,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56705,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E89

secondary

#AD948D

accent

#7B68C0

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F3F4

border

#CBCDCE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E89

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

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