#55909E#55909E

#55909E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.065 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55909E
RGB	rgb(85, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -15.36, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 20.39, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0534 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.065 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8888, 24.3449, 35.9921)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55909E #9E6355

analogous

#559E87 #55909E #556B9E

triadic

#55909E #9E5590 #909E55

tetradic

#55909E #87559E #9E6355 #6B9E55

square

#55909E #87559E #9E6355 #6B9E55

split-complementary

#55909E #9E556B #9E8755

monochromatic

#2A474E #406C76 #55909E #79ABB7 #A1C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#55909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#55909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55909E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55909E	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)

#868C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.065 214.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.507,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55909E

secondary

#BA9C95

accent

#7562C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55909E

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

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