#559CA4#559CA4

#559CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.072 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA4
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -20.07, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 22.93, 208.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0655 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.072 205)
XYZ	xyz(22.3330, 28.3867, 39.4171)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA4 #A45D55

analogous

#55A485 #559CA4 #5575A4

triadic

#559CA4 #A4559C #9CA455

tetradic

#559CA4 #8555A4 #A45D55 #75A455

square

#559CA4 #8555A4 #A45D55 #75A455

split-complementary

#559CA4 #A45575 #A48555

monochromatic

#2B4F53 #40767C #559CA4 #7BB4BB #A4CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#559CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#559CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA4

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA4	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.072 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9bf',
    500: '#559ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca4;
$custom-light: #8ab9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64954,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA4

secondary

#BD9B98

accent

#6A60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA4

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

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