#559B98#559B98

#559B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.071 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B98
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -22.79, -5.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 23.40, 193.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0695 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.071 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1329, 27.6393, 33.9210)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B98 #9B5558

analogous

#559B75 #559B98 #557B9B

triadic

#559B98 #98559B #9B9855

tetradic

#559B98 #75559B #9B5558 #7B9B55

square

#559B98 #75559B #9B5558 #7B9B55

split-complementary

#559B98 #9B557B #9B7555

monochromatic

#2A4C4A #3F7371 #559B98 #78B5B2 #A0CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#559B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B98

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B98	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.071 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8b6',
    500: '#559b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b98;
$custom-light: #8ab8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B98

secondary

#B89495

accent

#6267C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B98

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

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