#559B97#559B97

#559B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.071 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B97
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, -23.05, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 23.54, 191.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0699 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.071 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0514, 27.6067, 33.4914)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B97 #9B5559

analogous

#559B74 #559B97 #557C9B

triadic

#559B97 #97559B #9B9755

tetradic

#559B97 #74559B #9B5559 #7C9B55

square

#559B97 #74559B #9B5559 #7C9B55

split-complementary

#559B97 #9B557C #9B7455

monochromatic

#2A4C4A #3F7370 #559B97 #78B5B2 #A0CBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#559B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B97

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B97	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)

#949597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.071 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8b5',
    500: '#559b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b97;
$custom-light: #8ab8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.0712,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B97

secondary

#B89496

accent

#6268C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B97

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

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