#559CA7#559CA7

#559CA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.073 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA7
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -19.23, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 23.02, 213.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0643 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.073 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6071, 28.4964, 40.8607)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA7 #A76055

analogous

#55A789 #559CA7 #5573A7

triadic

#559CA7 #A7559C #9CA755

tetradic

#559CA7 #8955A7 #A76055 #73A755

square

#559CA7 #8955A7 #A76055 #73A755

split-complementary

#559CA7 #A75573 #A78955

monochromatic

#2C5056 #40767E #559CA7 #7DB4BD #A5CBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#559CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA7

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA7	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.073 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9c1',
    500: '#559ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca7;
$custom-light: #8bb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.049,
    "s": 32.54,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65065,
    "c": 0.07312,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA7

secondary

#BF9E99

accent

#6D5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA7

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

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