#559BEA#559BEA

#559BEA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.137 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#559BEA
RGBrgb(85, 155, 234)
HSLhsl(212, 78%, 63%)
HSVhsv(212, 64%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.77, 2.09, -46.35)
CIE-LCHlch(62.77, 46.40, 272.58°)
OKLaboklab(67.89% -0.0403 -0.1313)
OKLCHoklch(67.89% 0.137 252.9)
XYZxyz(30.3135, 31.3115, 82.2722)
Luminance0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#559BEA #EAA455
analogous
#55E5EA #559BEA #5A55EA
triadic
#559BEA #EA559B #9BEA55
tetradic
#559BEA #EA55E5 #EAA455 #55EA5A
square
#559BEA #EA55E5 #EAA455 #55EA5A
split-complementary
#559BEA #EA5A55 #E5EA55
monochromatic
#165EAF #1F7BE3 #559BEA #8BBBF1 #C2DBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89
#559BEA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26
#559BEA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559BEA
7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##559BEA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##559BEA1.002.897.267.26
#FFFFFF2.891.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2621.001.001.00
##0000007.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#79A0ED
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6491E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #559bea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.137 252.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92b8f1',
    500: '#559bea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #559bea;
$custom-light: #92b8f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#559bea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.812,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67892,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#559BEA
secondary
#E8CFB2
accent
#790BDA
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0E1117
muted
#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BEA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#559BEA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva