#559B95#559B95

#559B95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.072 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B95
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 149)
HSL	hsl(175, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 3.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -23.57, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 23.86, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0708 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.072 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8903, 27.5423, 32.6433)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B95 #9B555B

analogous

#559B72 #559B95 #557E9B

triadic

#559B95 #95559B #9B9555

tetradic

#559B95 #72559B #9B555B #7E9B55

square

#559B95 #72559B #9B555B #7E9B55

split-complementary

#559B95 #9B557E #9B7255

monochromatic

#2A4C49 #3F736F #559B95 #78B5B0 #A0CBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#559B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#559B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B95

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B95	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.072 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8b4',
    500: '#559b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b95;
$custom-light: #8ab8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64187,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B95

secondary

#B89497

accent

#626BC5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B95

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

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