#55858F#55858F

#55858F is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.054 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55858F
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 143)
HSL	hsl(190, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 41%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -13.51, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 17.11, 217.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0457 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.054 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0900, 20.6884, 29.0740)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55858F #8F5F55

analogous

#558F7C #55858F #55688F

triadic

#55858F #8F5585 #858F55

tetradic

#55858F #7C558F #8F5F55 #688F55

square

#55858F #7C558F #8F5F55 #688F55

split-complementary

#55858F #8F5568 #8F7C55

monochromatic

#273E42 #3E6169 #55858F #75A3AD #9BBDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#55858F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#55858F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55858F

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55858F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55858F	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55858f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.054 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8af',
    500: '#55858f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55858f;
$custom-light: #88a8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55858f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 25.439,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58622,
    "c": 0.05407,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55858F

secondary

#B1958F

accent

#7666C2

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0C0F10

muted

#7D7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #55858F

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

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