#55809B#55809B

#55809B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.063 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55809B
RGB	rgb(85, 128, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(203, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 17.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -7.31, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 20.46, 249.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0345 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.063 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3798, 19.7350, 33.8974)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55809B #9B7055

analogous

#559B93 #55809B #555D9B

triadic

#55809B #9B5580 #809B55

tetradic

#55809B #93559B #9B7055 #5D9B55

square

#55809B #93559B #9B7055 #5D9B55

split-complementary

#55809B #9B555D #9B9355

monochromatic

#2A3F4C #3F5F73 #55809B #789EB5 #A0BACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#55809B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#55809B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55809B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55809B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55809B	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#388789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55809b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 128, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.063 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a4b8',
    500: '#55809b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55809b;
$custom-light: #88a4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55809b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57914,
    "c": 0.06315,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55809B

secondary

#B8A294

accent

#8962C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55809B

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

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