#559C90#559C90

#559C90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.074 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C90
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 144)
HSL	hsl(170, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -25.35, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 25.36, 181.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0743 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.074 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6668, 27.7202, 30.6416)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C90 #9C5561

analogous

#559C6C #559C90 #55859C

triadic

#559C90 #90559C #9C9055

tetradic

#559C90 #6C559C #9C5561 #859C55

square

#559C90 #6C559C #9C5561 #859C55

split-complementary

#559C90 #9C5585 #9C6C55

monochromatic

#2A4D47 #3F746B #559C90 #78B6AB #A0CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#559C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C90

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C90	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)

#969590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.074 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9b0',
    500: '#559c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c90;
$custom-light: #89b9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.859,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64271,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C90

secondary

#B9949A

accent

#6273C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C90

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

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