#559BD6#559BD6

#559BD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 246.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BD6
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 214)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 27.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -4.45, -36.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 36.99, 263.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.046 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.113 246)
XYZ	xyz(27.6008, 30.2264, 67.9850)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559BD6 #D69055

analogous

#55D6D0 #559BD6 #555AD6

triadic

#559BD6 #D6559B #9BD655

tetradic

#559BD6 #D055D6 #D69055 #5AD655

square

#559BD6 #D055D6 #D69055 #5AD655

split-complementary

#559BD6 #D6555A #D6D055

monochromatic

#225D8E #2E7DC0 #559BD6 #86B8E2 #B8D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#559BD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#559BD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559BD6

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BD6	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#819DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7090D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 246.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb8e3',
    500: '#559bd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bd6;
$custom-light: #8fb8e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.442,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66866,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 246
  },
  "luminance": 0.30229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BD6

secondary

#DDC1AA

accent

#8D44E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BD6

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

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