#559B96#559B96

#559B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.071 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B96
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(176, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -23.31, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 23.70, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0704 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.071 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9705, 27.5743, 33.0656)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B96 #9B555A

analogous

#559B73 #559B96 #557D9B

triadic

#559B96 #96559B #9B9655

tetradic

#559B96 #73559B #9B555A #7D9B55

square

#559B96 #73559B #9B555A #7D9B55

split-complementary

#559B96 #9B557D #9B7355

monochromatic

#2A4C4A #3F7370 #559B96 #78B5B1 #A0CBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#559B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B96

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B96	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.071 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8b4',
    500: '#559b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b96;
$custom-light: #8ab8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6422,
    "c": 0.07139,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B96

secondary

#B89496

accent

#6269C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B96

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

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