#55879E#55879E

#55879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.064 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55879E
RGB	rgb(85, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -10.40, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 20.35, 239.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0422 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.064 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5796, 21.7265, 35.5557)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55879E #9E6C55

analogous

#559E90 #55879E #55639E

triadic

#55879E #9E5587 #879E55

tetradic

#55879E #90559E #9E6C55 #639E55

square

#55879E #90559E #9E6C55 #639E55

split-complementary

#55879E #9E5563 #9E9055

monochromatic

#2A434E #406576 #55879E #79A4B7 #A1BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#55879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#55879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55879E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55879E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.064 228.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.904,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.0642,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55879E

secondary

#BAA195

accent

#8162C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55879E

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

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