#559CA5#559CA5

#559CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.073 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA5
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(187, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -19.79, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 22.95, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0651 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.073 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4237, 28.4230, 39.8945)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA5 #A55E55

analogous

#55A586 #559CA5 #5574A5

triadic

#559CA5 #A5559C #9CA555

tetradic

#559CA5 #8655A5 #A55E55 #74A555

square

#559CA5 #8655A5 #A55E55 #74A555

split-complementary

#559CA5 #A55574 #A58655

monochromatic

#2B5054 #40767D #559CA5 #7CB4BB #A4CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#559CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#559CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA5

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA5	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A19F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.073 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9bf',
    500: '#559ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca5;
$custom-light: #8bb9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.75,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64991,
    "c": 0.07254,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA5

secondary

#BE9C98

accent

#6B60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA5

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

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