#559BC2#559BC2

#559BC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BC2
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -10.75, -26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 28.90, 248.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0526 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.092 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2016, 29.2668, 55.3494)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BC2 #C27C55

analogous

#55C2B3 #559BC2 #5565C2

triadic

#559BC2 #C2559B #9BC255

tetradic

#559BC2 #B355C2 #C27C55 #65C255

square

#559BC2 #B355C2 #C27C55 #65C255

split-complementary

#559BC2 #C25565 #C2B355

monochromatic

#295973 #3A7CA0 #559BC2 #82B5D2 #AFD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#559BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#559BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BC2

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BC2	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8d4',
    500: '#559bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bc2;
$custom-light: #8db8d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.09151,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BC2

secondary

#D0B3A2

accent

#8151D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BC2

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

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