#559C9C#559C9C

#559C9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.072 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559C9C
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(180, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -22.24, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 23.30, 197.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.069 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.072 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6332, 28.1068, 35.7312)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559C9C #9C5555

analogous

#559C79 #559C9C #55799C

triadic

#559C9C #9C559C #9C9C55

tetradic

#559C9C #79559C #9C5555 #799C55

square

#559C9C #79559C #9C5555 #799C55

split-complementary

#559C9C #9C5579 #9C7955

monochromatic

#2A4D4D #3F7474 #559C9C #78B6B6 #A0CBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#559C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#559C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559C9C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559C9C	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.072 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9b9',
    500: '#559c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559c9c;
$custom-light: #8ab9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64668,
    "c": 0.07157,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559C9C

secondary

#B99494

accent

#6262C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559C9C

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

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