#559CA1#559CA1

#559CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.072 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA1
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(184, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -20.89, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 22.97, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0668 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.072 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0653, 28.2796, 38.0070)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA1 #A15A55

analogous

#55A180 #559CA1 #5576A1

triadic

#559CA1 #A1559C #9CA155

tetradic

#559CA1 #8055A1 #A15A55 #76A155

square

#559CA1 #8055A1 #A15A55 #76A155

split-complementary

#559CA1 #A15576 #A18055

monochromatic

#2B4E51 #407579 #559CA1 #7AB5B9 #A2CBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#559CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#559CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA1

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA1	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.072 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9bc',
    500: '#559ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca1;
$custom-light: #8ab9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64845,
    "c": 0.07179,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA1

secondary

#BC9996

accent

#6761C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA1

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

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