#559979#559979

#559979 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.085 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559979
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(152, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -29.28, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 31.01, 160.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0813 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.085 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5873, 26.0929, 22.1424)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559979 #995575

analogous

#559957 #559979 #559799

triadic

#559979 #795599 #997955

tetradic

#559979 #575599 #995575 #979955

square

#559979 #575599 #995575 #979955

split-complementary

#559979 #995597 #995755

monochromatic

#294A3B #3F725A #559979 #77B497 #9FCAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#559979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#559979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559979

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559979	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#439990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.085 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b79f',
    500: '#559979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559979;
$custom-light: #88b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.765,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62856,
    "c": 0.08544,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559979

secondary

#B793A4

accent

#6391C5

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559979

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

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