#55909F#55909F

#55909F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.065 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55909F
RGB	rgb(85, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(192, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -15.08, -13.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 20.53, 222.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.053 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.065 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9753, 24.3795, 36.4473)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55909F #9F6455

analogous

#559F89 #55909F #556B9F

triadic

#55909F #9F5590 #909F55

tetradic

#55909F #89559F #9F6455 #6B9F55

square

#55909F #89559F #9F6455 #6B9F55

split-complementary

#55909F #9F556B #9F8955

monochromatic

#2A484F #406C77 #55909F #7AABB8 #A1C4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#55909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#55909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #55909F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55909F	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.065 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0bb',
    500: '#55909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55909f;
$custom-light: #89b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.162,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.06548,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55909F

secondary

#BA9D95

accent

#7661C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #55909F

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

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