#559798#559798

#559798 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.068 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559798
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 28%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -20.72, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 21.91, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0646 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.068 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4782, 26.3299, 33.7027)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559798 #985655

analogous

#559878 #559798 #557698

triadic

#559798 #985597 #979855

tetradic

#559798 #785598 #985655 #769855

square

#559798 #785598 #985655 #769855

split-complementary

#559798 #985576 #987855

monochromatic

#29494A #3F7071 #559798 #77B2B3 #9EC8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#559798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#559798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559798

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559798	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.068 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5b6',
    500: '#559798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559798;
$custom-light: #89b5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 28.27,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63313,
    "c": 0.06752,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559798

secondary

#B69392

accent

#6563C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559798

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

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