#559AAE#559AAE

#559AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.076 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AAE
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -16.18, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 23.58, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.059 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.076 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9390, 28.0965, 44.2505)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AAE #AE6955

analogous

#55AE95 #559AAE #556DAE

triadic

#559AAE #AE559A #9AAE55

tetradic

#559AAE #9555AE #AE6955 #6DAE55

square

#559AAE #9555AE #AE6955 #6DAE55

split-complementary

#559AAE #AE556D #AE9555

monochromatic

#2C525D #407686 #559AAE #7EB3C2 #A8CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#559AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#559AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AAE

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AAE	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.076 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7c6',
    500: '#559aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559aae;
$custom-light: #8bb7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.483,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64857,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AAE

secondary

#C3A59C

accent

#755CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AAE

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

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