#559AA3#559AA3

#559AA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.071 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AA3
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 163)
HSL	hsl(187, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -19.30, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 22.46, 210.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0635 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.071 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9102, 27.6850, 38.8324)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AA3 #A35E55

analogous

#55A385 #559AA3 #5573A3

triadic

#559AA3 #A3559A #9AA355

tetradic

#559AA3 #8555A3 #A35E55 #73A355

square

#559AA3 #8555A3 #A35E55 #73A355

split-complementary

#559AA3 #A35573 #A38555

monochromatic

#2B4E53 #40747B #559AA3 #7BB3BA #A3CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#559AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AA3

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AA3	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B9F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.071 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8be',
    500: '#559aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559aa3;
$custom-light: #8ab8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.07099,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AA3

secondary

#BD9B97

accent

#6C60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AA3

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

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