#5599A5#5599A5

#5599A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.071 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5599A5
RGB	rgb(85, 153, 165)
HSL	hsl(189, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -18.21, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 22.36, 215.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0615 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.071 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9265, 27.4286, 39.7288)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5599A5 #A56155

analogous

#55A589 #5599A5 #5571A5

triadic

#5599A5 #A55599 #99A555

tetradic

#5599A5 #8955A5 #A56155 #71A555

square

#5599A5 #8955A5 #A56155 #71A555

split-complementary

#5599A5 #A55571 #A58955

monochromatic

#2B4E54 #40747D #5599A5 #7CB2BB #A4CAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#5599A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#5599A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5599A5

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5599A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5599A5	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5599a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 153, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.071 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7bf',
    500: '#5599a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5599a5;
$custom-light: #8ab7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5599a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64269,
    "c": 0.07115,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5599A5

secondary

#BE9E98

accent

#6F60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #5599A5

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

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