#559BC5#559BC5

#559BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.094 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BC5
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(203, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -9.82, -28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 29.98, 250.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0516 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.094 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5419, 29.4029, 57.1418)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BC5 #C57F55

analogous

#55C5B7 #559BC5 #5563C5

triadic

#559BC5 #C5559B #9BC555

tetradic

#559BC5 #B755C5 #C57F55 #63C555

square

#559BC5 #B755C5 #C57F55 #63C555

split-complementary

#559BC5 #C55563 #C5B755

monochromatic

#295A77 #387CA5 #559BC5 #83B6D5 #B0D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#559BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BC5

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BC5	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.094 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8d6',
    500: '#559bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bc5;
$custom-light: #8db8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66066,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BC5

secondary

#D2B5A3

accent

#834FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BC5

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

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