#559C8D#559C8D

#559C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.076 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C8D
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -26.10, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 26.11, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0757 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.076 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4406, 27.6297, 29.4501)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C8D #9C5564

analogous

#559C6A #559C8D #55889C

triadic

#559C8D #8D559C #9C8D55

tetradic

#559C8D #6A559C #9C5564 #889C55

square

#559C8D #6A559C #9C5564 #889C55

split-complementary

#559C8D #9C5588 #9C6A55

monochromatic

#2A4D45 #3F7469 #559C8D #78B6A9 #A0CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#559C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#559C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C8D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C8D	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.076 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9ae',
    500: '#559c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c8d;
$custom-light: #89b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.324,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64177,
    "c": 0.07572,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C8D

secondary

#B9949C

accent

#6277C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C8D

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

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