#559BCD#559BCD

#559BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BCD
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -7.32, -32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 33.12, 257.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0489 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.103 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4830, 29.7793, 62.0981)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BCD #CD8755

analogous

#55CDC3 #559BCD #555FCD

triadic

#559BCD #CD559B #9BCD55

tetradic

#559BCD #C355CD #CD8755 #5FCD55

square

#559BCD #C355CD #CD8755 #5FCD55

split-complementary

#559BCD #CD555F #CDC355

monochromatic

#265B82 #347DB1 #559BCD #84B7DB #B4D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#559BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#559BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559BCD

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BCD	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb8dc',
    500: '#559bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bcd;
$custom-light: #8eb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66434,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BCD

secondary

#D7BBA6

accent

#884ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BCD

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

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