#559ABE#559ABE

#559ABE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.088 H 233.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ABE
RGB	rgb(85, 154, 190)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -11.42, -25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 27.74, 245.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0529 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.088 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5927, 28.7580, 52.9601)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559ABE #BE7955

analogous

#55BEAE #559ABE #5566BE

triadic

#559ABE #BE559A #9ABE55

tetradic

#559ABE #AE55BE #BE7955 #66BE55

square

#559ABE #AE55BE #BE7955 #66BE55

split-complementary

#559ABE #BE5566 #BEAE55

monochromatic

#2A576E #3B7A9B #559ABE #81B4CF #AECFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#559ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#559ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559ABE

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ABE	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 154, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.088 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db7d1',
    500: '#559abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559abe;
$custom-light: #8db7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65524,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ABE

secondary

#CEB0A1

accent

#8053D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ABE

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

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