#559C8E#559C8E

#559C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.075 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C8E
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -25.85, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 25.85, 179.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0752 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.075 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5153, 27.6596, 29.8437)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C8E #9C5563

analogous

#559C6B #559C8E #55879C

triadic

#559C8E #8E559C #9C8E55

tetradic

#559C8E #6B559C #9C5563 #879C55

square

#559C8E #6B559C #9C5563 #879C55

split-complementary

#559C8E #9C5587 #9C6B55

monochromatic

#2A4D46 #3F746A #559C8E #78B6AA #A0CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#559C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C8E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C8E	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.075 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9af',
    500: '#559c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c8e;
$custom-light: #89b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64208,
    "c": 0.07524,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C8E

secondary

#B9949B

accent

#6276C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C8E

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

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