#559AA2#559AA2

#559AA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.071 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AA2
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -19.57, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 22.44, 209.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.064 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.071 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8210, 27.6493, 38.3624)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AA2 #A25D55

analogous

#55A283 #559AA2 #5573A2

triadic

#559AA2 #A2559A #9AA255

tetradic

#559AA2 #8355A2 #A25D55 #73A255

square

#559AA2 #8355A2 #A25D55 #73A255

split-complementary

#559AA2 #A25573 #A28355

monochromatic

#2B4E52 #40747A #559AA2 #7BB3BA #A3CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#559AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AA2

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AA2	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.071 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8bd',
    500: '#559aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559aa2;
$custom-light: #8ab8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.234,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64398,
    "c": 0.07074,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AA2

secondary

#BC9B97

accent

#6B60C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AA2

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

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