#55899D#55899D

#55899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.063 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55899D
RGB	rgb(85, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -11.81, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 19.93, 233.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0451 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.063 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7756, 22.2556, 35.1981)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#55899D #9D6955

analogous

#559D8D #55899D #55659D

triadic

#55899D #9D5589 #899D55

tetradic

#55899D #8D559D #9D6955 #659D55

square

#55899D #8D559D #9D6955 #659D55

split-complementary

#55899D #9D5565 #9D8D55

monochromatic

#2A444E #406675 #55899D #79A5B6 #A1C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#55899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#55899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55899D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55899D	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.063 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abba',
    500: '#55899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55899d;
$custom-light: #89abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60129,
    "c": 0.06327,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55899D

secondary

#B99F95

accent

#7E62C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55899D

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

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