#559CA0#559CA0

#559CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.072 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA0
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -21.17, -9.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 23.01, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0672 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.072 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9775, 28.2445, 37.5445)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA0 #A05955

analogous

#55A07E #559CA0 #5576A0

triadic

#559CA0 #A0559C #9CA055

tetradic

#559CA0 #7E55A0 #A05955 #76A055

square

#559CA0 #7E55A0 #A05955 #76A055

split-complementary

#559CA0 #A05576 #A07E55

monochromatic

#2B4E50 #407578 #559CA0 #7AB5B8 #A2CBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#559CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#559CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA0

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA0	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.072 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9bc',
    500: '#559ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca0;
$custom-light: #8ab9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.2,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64809,
    "c": 0.07168,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA0

secondary

#BB9896

accent

#6661C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA0

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

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