#55838D#55838D

#55838D is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.052 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55838D
RGB	rgb(85, 131, 141)
HSL	hsl(191, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -12.95, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 16.58, 218.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.044 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.052 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6686, 20.0859, 28.1928)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55838D #8D5F55

analogous

#558D7B #55838D #55678D

triadic

#55838D #8D5583 #838D55

tetradic

#55838D #7B558D #8D5F55 #678D55

square

#55838D #7B558D #8D5F55 #678D55

split-complementary

#55838D #8D5567 #8D7B55

monochromatic

#273C41 #3E6067 #55838D #74A1AB #9ABBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#55838D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#55838D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55838D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55838D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55838D	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55838d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 131, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.052 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a7ae',
    500: '#55838d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55838d;
$custom-light: #88a7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55838d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58063,
    "c": 0.05234,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55838D

secondary

#B0948E

accent

#7767C1

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55838D

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

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