#559BA2#559BA2

#559BA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.071 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BA2
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -20.10, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 22.68, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0652 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.071 204)
XYZ	xyz(21.9867, 27.9808, 38.4176)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BA2 #A25C55

analogous

#55A282 #559BA2 #5574A2

triadic

#559BA2 #A2559B #9BA255

tetradic

#559BA2 #8255A2 #A25C55 #74A255

square

#559BA2 #8255A2 #A25C55 #74A255

split-complementary

#559BA2 #A25574 #A28255

monochromatic

#2B4E52 #40757A #559BA2 #7BB4BA #A3CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#559BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#559BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BA2

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BA2	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9196A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.071 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8bd',
    500: '#559ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ba2;
$custom-light: #8ab8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6464,
    "c": 0.07131,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.27983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BA2

secondary

#BC9A97

accent

#6A60C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BA2

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

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