#559BED#559BED

#559BED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.141 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559BED
RGB	rgb(85, 155, 237)
HSL	hsl(212, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 34.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 3.09, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 47.88, 273.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0395 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.141 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7482, 31.4854, 84.5612)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559BED #EDA755

analogous

#55E7ED #559BED #5B55ED

triadic

#559BED #ED559B #9BED55

tetradic

#559BED #ED55E7 #EDA755 #55ED5B

square

#559BED #ED55E7 #EDA755 #55ED5B

split-complementary

#559BED #ED5B55 #E7ED55

monochromatic

#135DB4 #1E7AE7 #559BED #8CBCF3 #C4DCF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#559BED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#559BED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559BED

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559BED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559BED	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77A0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6292EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559bed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 155, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.141 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b8f3',
    500: '#559bed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559bed;
$custom-light: #93b8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559bed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.368,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68053,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559BED

secondary

#EAD1B4

accent

#7B08DD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #559BED

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

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