#559CA8#559CA8

#559CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.073 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA8
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, -18.95, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 23.08, 214.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0638 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.073 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6999, 28.5335, 41.3495)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA8 #A86155

analogous

#55A88B #559CA8 #5573A8

triadic

#559CA8 #A8559C #9CA855

tetradic

#559CA8 #8B55A8 #A86155 #73A855

square

#559CA8 #8B55A8 #A86155 #73A855

split-complementary

#559CA8 #A85573 #A88B55

monochromatic

#2C5157 #40767F #559CA8 #7DB4BD #A6CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#559CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA8

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA8	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.073 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9c1',
    500: '#559ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca8;
$custom-light: #8bb9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65102,
    "c": 0.07345,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA8

secondary

#BF9F99

accent

#6E5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA8

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

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