#559C99#559C99

#559C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.072 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C99
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -23.04, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 23.66, 193.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0703 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.072 192)
XYZ	xyz(21.3823, 28.0064, 34.4098)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C99 #9C5558

analogous

#559C76 #559C99 #557C9C

triadic

#559C99 #99559C #9C9955

tetradic

#559C99 #76559C #9C5558 #7C9C55

square

#559C99 #76559C #9C5558 #7C9C55

split-complementary

#559C99 #9C557C #9C7655

monochromatic

#2A4D4B #3F7472 #559C99 #78B6B3 #A0CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#559C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#559C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C99

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C99	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.072 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9b7',
    500: '#559c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c99;
$custom-light: #8ab9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.28008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C99

secondary

#B99496

accent

#6266C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C99

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

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