#559BBE#559BBE

#559BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.088 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BBE
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -11.97, -24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 27.56, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0541 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.088 232)
XYZ	xyz(24.7584, 29.0895, 53.0153)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BBE #BE7855

analogous

#55BEAD #559BBE #5567BE

triadic

#559BBE #BE559B #9BBE55

tetradic

#559BBE #AD55BE #BE7855 #67BE55

square

#559BBE #AD55BE #BE7855 #67BE55

split-complementary

#559BBE #BE5567 #BEAD55

monochromatic

#2A586E #3B7B9B #559BBE #81B5CF #AECFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#559BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BBE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BBE	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8EBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.088 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8d1',
    500: '#559bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bbe;
$custom-light: #8db8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65757,
    "c": 0.08778,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.29092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BBE

secondary

#CEB0A1

accent

#7E53D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BBE

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

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