#558495#558495

#558495 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.057 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558495
RGB	rgb(85, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(196, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -11.29, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 18.09, 231.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.042 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.057 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4205, 20.6026, 31.4867)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558495 #956655

analogous

#559586 #558495 #556495

triadic

#558495 #955584 #849555

tetradic

#558495 #865595 #956655 #649555

square

#558495 #865595 #956655 #649555

split-complementary

#558495 #955564 #958655

monochromatic

#293F47 #3F616E #558495 #76A1B1 #9DBCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#558495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#558495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558495

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558495	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.057 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a7b4',
    500: '#558495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558495;
$custom-light: #88a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.938,
    "s": 27.35,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.05725,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558495

secondary

#B59B91

accent

#7E64C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #558495

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

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