#559A8D#559A8D

#559A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.073 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559A8D
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 141)
HSL	hsl(169, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 45%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -25.09, 0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 25.09, 179.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0732 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.073 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1077, 26.9640, 29.3391)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559A8D #9A5562

analogous

#559A6B #559A8D #55859A

triadic

#559A8D #8D559A #9A8D55

tetradic

#559A8D #6B559A #9A5562 #859A55

square

#559A8D #6B559A #9A5562 #859A55

split-complementary

#559A8D #9A5585 #9A6B55

monochromatic

#294B45 #3F7369 #559A8D #78B4A9 #9FCAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#559A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#559A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559A8D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559A8D	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.073 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8ae',
    500: '#559a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559a8d;
$custom-light: #89b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.696,
    "s": 28.87,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.07324,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559A8D

secondary

#B8939A

accent

#6375C5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559A8D

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

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