#55859D#55859D

#55859D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.064 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55859D
RGB	rgb(85, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(200, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(200, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -9.57, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 20.28, 241.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0401 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.064 231)
XYZ	xyz(18.2175, 21.1394, 35.0121)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55859D #9D6D55

analogous

#559D91 #55859D #55619D

triadic

#55859D #9D5585 #859D55

tetradic

#55859D #91559D #9D6D55 #619D55

square

#55859D #91559D #9D6D55 #619D55

split-complementary

#55859D #9D5561 #9D9155

monochromatic

#2A424E #406375 #55859D #79A2B6 #A1BDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#55859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#55859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55859D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55859D	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.064 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a8ba',
    500: '#55859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55859d;
$custom-light: #89a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55859D

secondary

#B9A195

accent

#8362C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55859D

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

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