#559BCA#559BCA

#559BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.100 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BCA
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 202)
HSL	hsl(204, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 23.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -8.27, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 31.91, 254.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0499 -0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.1 240)
XYZ	xyz(26.1244, 29.6359, 60.2092)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BCA #CA8455

analogous

#55CABF #559BCA #5561CA

triadic

#559BCA #CA559B #9BCA55

tetradic

#559BCA #BF55CA #CA8455 #61CA55

square

#559BCA #BF55CA #CA8455 #61CA55

split-complementary

#559BCA #CA5561 #CABF55

monochromatic

#275B7D #367DAC #559BCA #84B6D9 #B2D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#559BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BCA

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BCA	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.100 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8da',
    500: '#559bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bca;
$custom-light: #8eb8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.103,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66295,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.29638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BCA

secondary

#D5B9A5

accent

#864CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BCA

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

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