#55909D#55909D

#55909D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.065 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55909D
RGB	rgb(85, 144, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(191, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -15.64, -12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 20.26, 219.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0539 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.065 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8031, 24.3106, 35.5406)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55909D #9D6255

analogous

#559D86 #55909D #556C9D

triadic

#55909D #9D5590 #909D55

tetradic

#55909D #86559D #9D6255 #6C9D55

square

#55909D #86559D #9D6255 #6C9D55

split-complementary

#55909D #9D556C #9D8655

monochromatic

#2A474E #406C75 #55909D #79ABB6 #A1C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#55909D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#55909D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55909D

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55909D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55909D	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55909d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 144, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.065 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0ba',
    500: '#55909d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55909d;
$custom-light: #89b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55909d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.833,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61804,
    "c": 0.0645,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55909D

secondary

#B99B95

accent

#7462C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55909D

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

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