#559799#559799

#559799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.068 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559799
RGB	rgb(85, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(182, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -20.45, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 21.83, 200.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0642 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.068 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5605, 26.3628, 34.1359)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559799 #995755

analogous

#559979 #559799 #557599

triadic

#559799 #995597 #979955

tetradic

#559799 #795599 #995755 #759955

square

#559799 #795599 #995755 #759955

split-complementary

#559799 #995575 #997955

monochromatic

#29494A #3F7072 #559799 #77B2B4 #9FC8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#559799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#559799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559799

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559799	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)

#8F9299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.068 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5b7',
    500: '#559799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559799;
$custom-light: #89b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.765,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63348,
    "c": 0.06754,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559799

secondary

#B79493

accent

#6663C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559799

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

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