#559AB2#559AB2

#559AB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.078 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AB2
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -15.01, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 24.37, 231.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0575 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.078 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3348, 28.2549, 46.3349)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AB2 #B26D55

analogous

#55B29C #559AB2 #556CB2

triadic

#559AB2 #B2559A #9AB255

tetradic

#559AB2 #9C55B2 #B26D55 #6CB255

square

#559AB2 #9C55B2 #B26D55 #6CB255

split-complementary

#559AB2 #B2556C #B29C55

monochromatic

#2C5361 #3F778B #559AB2 #7FB3C5 #A9CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#559AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#559AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AB2

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AB2	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.078 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb7c9',
    500: '#559ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ab2;
$custom-light: #8bb7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65018,
    "c": 0.0783,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AB2

secondary

#C6A89D

accent

#785ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AB2

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

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