#557E97#557E97

#557E97 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.060 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#557E97
RGB	rgb(85, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(203, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 44%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -7.32, -17.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 19.36, 247.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0334 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.06 236)
XYZ	xyz(16.7912, 19.0863, 32.0714)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#557E97 #976E55

analogous

#55978F #557E97 #555D97

triadic

#557E97 #97557E #7E9755

tetradic

#557E97 #8F5597 #976E55 #5D9755

square

#557E97 #8F5597 #976E55 #5D9755

split-complementary

#557E97 #97555D #978F55

monochromatic

#293D49 #3F5D70 #557E97 #779CB2 #9EB8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#557E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#557E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #557E97

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##557E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##557E97	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #557e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.060 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a3b5',
    500: '#557e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #557e97;
$custom-light: #88a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#557e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 27.966,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.05976,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.19087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#557E97

secondary

#B6A092

accent

#8864C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F3F6

border

#CBCDD0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #557E97

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

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