#559AB9#559AB9

#559AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.084 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559AB9
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -12.94, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 26.17, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.31% -0.0548 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(65.31% 0.084 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0556, 28.5432, 50.1312)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559AB9 #B97455

analogous

#55B9A6 #559AB9 #5568B9

triadic

#559AB9 #B9559A #9AB955

tetradic

#559AB9 #A655B9 #B97455 #68B955

square

#559AB9 #A655B9 #B97455 #68B955

split-complementary

#559AB9 #B95568 #B9A655

monochromatic

#2B5569 #3D7994 #559AB9 #80B4CB #ACCEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#559AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559AB9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559AB9	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.084 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7ce',
    500: '#559ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ab9;
$custom-light: #8cb7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65309,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559AB9

secondary

#CBAD9F

accent

#7C56D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559AB9

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

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