#559796#559796

#559796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.068 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559796
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -21.25, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 22.10, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0655 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.068 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3158, 26.2649, 32.8473)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559796 #975556

analogous

#559775 #559796 #557797

triadic

#559796 #965597 #979655

tetradic

#559796 #755597 #975556 #779755

square

#559796 #755597 #975556 #779755

split-complementary

#559796 #975577 #977555

monochromatic

#294948 #3F706F #559796 #77B2B1 #9EC8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#559796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#559796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559796

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559796	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.068 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5b4',
    500: '#559796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559796;
$custom-light: #89b5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.091,
    "s": 27.966,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63244,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559796

secondary

#B69293

accent

#6465C4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559796

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

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