#559BAD#559BAD

#559BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.075 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BAD
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(192, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -17.00, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 23.48, 223.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0606 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.075 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0076, 28.3892, 43.7943)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BAD #AD6755

analogous

#55AD93 #559BAD #556FAD

triadic

#559BAD #AD559B #9BAD55

tetradic

#559BAD #9355AD #AD6755 #6FAD55

square

#559BAD #9355AD #AD6755 #6FAD55

split-complementary

#559BAD #AD556F #AD9355

monochromatic

#2C525B #407785 #559BAD #7EB3C1 #A8CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#559BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#559BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BAD

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BAD	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.075 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8c5',
    500: '#559bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bad;
$custom-light: #8bb8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65055,
    "c": 0.07534,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BAD

secondary

#C2A39B

accent

#735DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BAD

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

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