#559989#559989

#559989 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.074 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559989
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(166, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -25.58, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 25.63, 176.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0738 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.074 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6511, 26.5184, 27.7451)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559989 #995565

analogous

#559967 #559989 #558799

triadic

#559989 #895599 #998955

tetradic

#559989 #675599 #995565 #879955

square

#559989 #675599 #995565 #879955

split-complementary

#559989 #995587 #996755

monochromatic

#294A43 #3F7266 #559989 #77B4A6 #9FCAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#559989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#559989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559989

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559989	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.074 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b7ab',
    500: '#559989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559989;
$custom-light: #89b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.07395,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559989

secondary

#B7939B

accent

#637AC5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559989

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

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