#55849C#55849C

#55849C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.063 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55849C
RGB	rgb(85, 132, 156)
HSL	hsl(200, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -9.29, -17.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 20.09, 242.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0392 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.063 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9962, 20.8329, 34.5189)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55849C #9C6D55

analogous

#559C91 #55849C #55609C

triadic

#55849C #9C5584 #849C55

tetradic

#55849C #91559C #9C6D55 #609C55

square

#55849C #91559C #9C6D55 #609C55

split-complementary

#55849C #9C5560 #9C9155

monochromatic

#2A414D #3F6274 #55849C #78A1B6 #A0BDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#55849C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#55849C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55849C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55849C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55849C	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78829D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#368B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55849c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 132, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.063 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a7b9',
    500: '#55849c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55849c;
$custom-light: #89a7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55849c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58901,
    "c": 0.06295,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55849C

secondary

#B9A094

accent

#8462C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55849C

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

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