#55899E#55899E

#55899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.064 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55899E
RGB	rgb(85, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -11.52, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 20.19, 235.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0447 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.064 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8613, 22.2898, 35.6496)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55899E #9E6A55

analogous

#559E8E #55899E #55659E

triadic

#55899E #9E5589 #899E55

tetradic

#55899E #8E559E #9E6A55 #659E55

square

#55899E #8E559E #9E6A55 #659E55

split-complementary

#55899E #9E5565 #9E8E55

monochromatic

#2A444E #406676 #55899E #79A5B7 #A1C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#55899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#55899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55899E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55899E	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#348F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.064 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.26,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6017,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55899E

secondary

#BAA095

accent

#7F62C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55899E

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

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