#559BBC#559BBC

#559BBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.086 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BBC
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -12.58, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 26.93, 242.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0548 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.086 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5413, 29.0027, 51.8720)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BBC #BC7655

analogous

#55BCA9 #559BBC #5567BC

triadic

#559BBC #BC559B #9BBC55

tetradic

#559BBC #A955BC #BC7655 #67BC55

square

#559BBC #A955BC #BC7655 #67BC55

split-complementary

#559BBC #BC5567 #BCA955

monochromatic

#2B576C #3C7A98 #559BBC #81B5CD #ADCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#559BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BBC

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BBC	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.086 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8d0',
    500: '#559bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bbc;
$custom-light: #8cb8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.223,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65671,
    "c": 0.086,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BBC

secondary

#CCAEA0

accent

#7D55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BBC

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

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