#55849E#55849E

#55849E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.065 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55849E
RGB	rgb(85, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -8.71, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 20.77, 245.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0384 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.065 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1670, 20.9011, 35.4181)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55849E #9E6F55

analogous

#559E93 #55849E #555F9E

triadic

#55849E #9E5584 #849E55

tetradic

#55849E #93559E #9E6F55 #5F9E55

square

#55849E #93559E #9E6F55 #5F9E55

split-complementary

#55849E #9E555F #9E9355

monochromatic

#2A424E #406376 #55849E #79A1B7 #A1BDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#55849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#55849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55849E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55849E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.065 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a7ba',
    500: '#55849e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55849e;
$custom-light: #89a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.37,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58985,
    "c": 0.06482,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55849E

secondary

#BAA295

accent

#8562C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55849E

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

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