#559CA2#559CA2

#559CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.072 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA2
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -20.62, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 22.94, 206.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0664 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.072 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1538, 28.3150, 38.4733)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA2 #A25B55

analogous

#55A281 #559CA2 #5575A2

triadic

#559CA2 #A2559C #9CA255

tetradic

#559CA2 #8155A2 #A25B55 #75A255

square

#559CA2 #8155A2 #A25B55 #75A255

split-complementary

#559CA2 #A25575 #A28155

monochromatic

#2B4F52 #40757A #559CA2 #7BB5BA #A3CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#559CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#559CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA2

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA2	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)

#9397A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.072 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9bd',
    500: '#559ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca2;
$custom-light: #8ab9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.07193,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA2

secondary

#BC9A97

accent

#6860C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA2

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

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