#55849B#55849B

#55849B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.062 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55849B
RGB	rgb(85, 132, 155)
HSL	hsl(200, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 14.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -9.58, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 19.77, 241.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0396 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.062 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9119, 20.7991, 34.0748)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55849B #9B6C55

analogous

#559B8F #55849B #55619B

triadic

#55849B #9B5584 #849B55

tetradic

#55849B #8F559B #9B6C55 #619B55

square

#55849B #8F559B #9B6C55 #619B55

split-complementary

#55849B #9B5561 #9B8F55

monochromatic

#2A414C #3F6273 #55849B #78A1B5 #A0BDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#55849B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#55849B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55849B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55849B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55849B	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79829C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55849b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 132, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.062 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a7b8',
    500: '#55849b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55849b;
$custom-light: #89a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55849b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.714,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58859,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55849B

secondary

#B8A094

accent

#8362C5

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55849B

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

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