#559998#559998

#559998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.069 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559998
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -21.76, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 22.63, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0671 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.069 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8028, 26.9791, 33.8109)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559998 #995556

analogous

#559976 #559998 #557899

triadic

#559998 #985599 #999855

tetradic

#559998 #765599 #995556 #789955

square

#559998 #765599 #995556 #789955

split-complementary

#559998 #995578 #997655

monochromatic

#294A4A #3F7271 #559998 #77B4B3 #9FCAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#559998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#559998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559998

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559998	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.069 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7b6',
    500: '#559998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559998;
$custom-light: #8ab7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.06922,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559998

secondary

#B79393

accent

#6364C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559998

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

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