#559AA5#559AA5

#559AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.072 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AA5
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(188, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -18.74, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 22.54, 213.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0627 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.072 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0908, 27.7573, 39.7836)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AA5 #A56055

analogous

#55A588 #559AA5 #5572A5

triadic

#559AA5 #A5559A #9AA555

tetradic

#559AA5 #8855A5 #A56055 #72A555

square

#559AA5 #8855A5 #A56055 #72A555

split-complementary

#559AA5 #A55572 #A58855

monochromatic

#2B4F54 #40747D #559AA5 #7CB3BB #A4CAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#559AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AA5

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AA5	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.072 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8bf',
    500: '#559aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559aa5;
$custom-light: #8ab8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6451,
    "c": 0.07157,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AA5

secondary

#BE9D98

accent

#6E60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AA5

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

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