#559999#559999

#559999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.069 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559999
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -21.49, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 22.52, 197.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0666 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.069 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8851, 27.0120, 34.2441)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559999 #995555

analogous

#559977 #559999 #557799

triadic

#559999 #995599 #999955

tetradic

#559999 #775599 #995555 #779955

square

#559999 #775599 #995555 #779955

split-complementary

#559999 #995577 #997755

monochromatic

#294A4A #3F7272 #559999 #77B4B4 #9FCACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#559999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#559999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559999

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559999	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)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.069 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7b7',
    500: '#559999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559999;
$custom-light: #8ab7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63835,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559999

secondary

#B79393

accent

#6363C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559999

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

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