#558EAE#558EAE

#558EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.077 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#558EAE
RGB	rgb(85, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, -9.61, -22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 24.54, 246.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0448 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.077 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0565, 24.3316, 43.6230)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#558EAE #AE7555

analogous

#55AEA1 #558EAE #5561AE

triadic

#558EAE #AE558E #8EAE55

tetradic

#558EAE #A155AE #AE7555 #61AE55

square

#558EAE #A155AE #AE7555 #61AE55

split-complementary

#558EAE #AE5561 #AEA155

monochromatic

#2C4B5D #406D86 #558EAE #7EAAC2 #A8C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#558EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#558EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #558EAE

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##558EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##558EAE	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7283AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#249698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #558eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.077 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bafc6',
    500: '#558eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #558eae;
$custom-light: #8bafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#558eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.573,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.07709,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#558EAE

secondary

#C3AA9C

accent

#845CCB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #558EAE

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

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