#558596#558596

#558596 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.058 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558596
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(196, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 43%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -11.57, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 18.32, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0428 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.058 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6369, 20.9071, 31.9544)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558596 #966655

analogous

#559686 #558596 #556496

triadic

#558596 #965585 #859655

tetradic

#558596 #865596 #966655 #649655

square

#558596 #865596 #966655 #649655

split-complementary

#558596 #965564 #968655

monochromatic

#294048 #3F626F #558596 #77A2B2 #9EBDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#558596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#558596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558596

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558596	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)

#7B8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#398B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.058 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8b4',
    500: '#558596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558596;
$custom-light: #88a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.692,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58893,
    "c": 0.05804,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558596

secondary

#B59B92

accent

#7D64C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #558596

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

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