#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
RGBrgb(85, 153, 121)
HSLhsl(152, 29%, 47%)
HSVhsv(152, 44%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(44.4%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(58.13, -29.28, 10.19)
CIE-LCHlch(58.13, 31.01, 160.81°)
OKLaboklab(62.86% -0.0813 0.0262)
OKLCHoklch(62.86% 0.085 162.2)
XYZxyz(18.5873, 26.0929, 22.1424)
Luminance0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##5599791.003.386.226.22
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2221.001.001.00
##0000006.2221.001.001.00

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

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#559979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva