#559C91#559C91

#559C91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.074 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C91
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 145)
HSL	hsl(171, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -25.10, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 25.13, 182.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0739 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.074 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7436, 27.7509, 31.0459)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C91 #9C5560

analogous

#559C6D #559C91 #55849C

triadic

#559C91 #91559C #9C9155

tetradic

#559C91 #6D559C #9C5560 #849C55

square

#559C91 #6D559C #9C5560 #849C55

split-complementary

#559C91 #9C5584 #9C6D55

monochromatic

#2A4D47 #3F746C #559C91 #78B6AC #A0CBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#559C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#559C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C91

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C91	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.074 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9b1',
    500: '#559c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c91;
$custom-light: #89b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.704,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64302,
    "c": 0.07396,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C91

secondary

#B9949A

accent

#6272C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C91

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

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