#559980#559980

#559980 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559980
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(158, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(158, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -27.71, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 28.46, 166.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.078 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.08 168)
XYZ	xyz(19.0322, 26.2709, 24.4858)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559980 #99556E

analogous

#55995E #559980 #559099

triadic

#559980 #805599 #998055

tetradic

#559980 #5E5599 #99556E #909955

square

#559980 #5E5599 #99556E #909955

split-complementary

#559980 #995590 #995E55

monochromatic

#294A3E #3F725F #559980 #77B49E #9FCABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#559980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#559980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559980

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559980	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)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7a4',
    500: '#559980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559980;
$custom-light: #89b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.07978,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.26272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559980

secondary

#B793A0

accent

#6387C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559980

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

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