#559B99#559B99

#559B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.071 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559B99
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -22.52, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 23.27, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0691 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.071 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2152, 27.6722, 34.3541)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559B99 #9B5557

analogous

#559B76 #559B99 #557A9B

triadic

#559B99 #99559B #9B9955

tetradic

#559B99 #76559B #9B5557 #7A9B55

square

#559B99 #76559B #9B5557 #7A9B55

split-complementary

#559B99 #9B557A #9B7655

monochromatic

#2A4C4B #3F7372 #559B99 #78B5B3 #A0CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#559B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559B99

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559B99	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.071 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8b7',
    500: '#559b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559b99;
$custom-light: #8ab8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 29.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64322,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559B99

secondary

#B89495

accent

#6265C5

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559B99

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

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