#559596#559596

#559596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.066 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559596
RGB	rgb(85, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 43%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -20.21, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 21.37, 198.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.063 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.066 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9967, 25.6267, 32.7409)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559596 #965655

analogous

#559676 #559596 #557496

triadic

#559596 #965595 #959655

tetradic

#559596 #765596 #965655 #749655

square

#559596 #765596 #965655 #749655

split-complementary

#559596 #965574 #967655

monochromatic

#294748 #3F6E6F #559596 #77B1B2 #9EC7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#559596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#559596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559596

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559596	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.066 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b4b4',
    500: '#559596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559596;
$custom-light: #89b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 27.66,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62757,
    "c": 0.06588,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559596

secondary

#B59292

accent

#6564C4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559596

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

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