#559CA3#559CA3

#559CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.072 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA3
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -20.34, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 22.93, 207.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0659 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.072 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2431, 28.3507, 38.9433)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA3 #A35C55

analogous

#55A383 #559CA3 #5575A3

triadic

#559CA3 #A3559C #9CA355

tetradic

#559CA3 #8355A3 #A35C55 #75A355

square

#559CA3 #8355A3 #A35C55 #75A355

split-complementary

#559CA3 #A35575 #A38355

monochromatic

#2B4F53 #40767B #559CA3 #7BB5BA #A3CBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#559CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#559CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA3

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA3	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.072 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9be',
    500: '#559ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca3;
$custom-light: #8ab9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64917,
    "c": 0.0721,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA3

secondary

#BD9B97

accent

#6960C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA3

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

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