#559C8F#559C8F

#559C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.075 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C8F
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(169, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -25.60, -0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 25.60, 180.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0748 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.075 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5907, 27.6898, 30.2409)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C8F #9C5562

analogous

#559C6B #559C8F #55869C

triadic

#559C8F #8F559C #9C8F55

tetradic

#559C8F #6B559C #9C5562 #869C55

square

#559C8F #6B559C #9C5562 #869C55

split-complementary

#559C8F #9C5586 #9C6B55

monochromatic

#2A4D46 #3F746B #559C8F #78B6AB #A0CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#559C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C8F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C8F	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.075 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9af',
    500: '#559c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c8f;
$custom-light: #89b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.014,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64239,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C8F

secondary

#B9949B

accent

#6274C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C8F

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

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