#557E95#557E95

#557E95 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.058 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E95
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 149)
HSL	hsl(202, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(202, 43%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 15.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -7.90, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 18.62, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0342 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.058 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6301, 19.0218, 31.2232)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557E95 #956C55

analogous

#55958C #557E95 #555E95

triadic

#557E95 #95557E #7E9555

tetradic

#557E95 #8C5595 #956C55 #5E9555

square

#557E95 #8C5595 #956C55 #5E9555

split-complementary

#557E95 #95555E #958C55

monochromatic

#293C47 #3F5D6E #557E95 #769CB1 #9DB8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#557E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#557E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E95

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E95	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.058 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3b4',
    500: '#557e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e95;
$custom-light: #88a3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.563,
    "s": 27.35,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57186,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E95

secondary

#B59E91

accent

#8664C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F6

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E95

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

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