#55879D#55879D

#55879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.063 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55879D
RGB	rgb(85, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -10.69, -16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 20.06, 237.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0426 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.063 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4939, 21.6922, 35.1042)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55879D #9D6B55

analogous

#559D8F #55879D #55639D

triadic

#55879D #9D5587 #879D55

tetradic

#55879D #8F559D #9D6B55 #639D55

square

#55879D #8F559D #9D6B55 #639D55

split-complementary

#55879D #9D5563 #9D8F55

monochromatic

#2A434E #406575 #55879D #79A4B6 #A1BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#55879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#55879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55879D

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55879D	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#358D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.063 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aaba',
    500: '#55879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55879d;
$custom-light: #89aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.333,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.06336,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55879D

secondary

#B9A095

accent

#8062C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55879D

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

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