#559C8A#559C8A

#559C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.077 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C8A
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -26.83, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 26.94, 174.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0771 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.077 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2204, 27.5416, 28.2904)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C8A #9C5567

analogous

#559C67 #559C8A #558B9C

triadic

#559C8A #8A559C #9C8A55

tetradic

#559C8A #67559C #9C5567 #8B9C55

square

#559C8A #67559C #9C5567 #8B9C55

split-complementary

#559C8A #9C558B #9C6755

monochromatic

#2A4D44 #3F7467 #559C8A #78B6A6 #A0CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#559C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#559C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C8A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C8A	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.077 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9ac',
    500: '#559c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c8a;
$custom-light: #89b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.789,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64085,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C8A

secondary

#B9949D

accent

#627BC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C8A

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

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