#559CA9#559CA9

#559CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.074 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CA9
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -18.67, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 23.15, 216.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0634 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.074 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7934, 28.5709, 41.8420)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CA9 #A96255

analogous

#55A98C #559CA9 #5572A9

triadic

#559CA9 #A9559C #9CA955

tetradic

#559CA9 #8C55A9 #A96255 #72A955

square

#559CA9 #8C55A9 #A96255 #72A955

split-complementary

#559CA9 #A95572 #A98C55

monochromatic

#2C5158 #417680 #559CA9 #7DB4BE #A6CBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#559CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CA9

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CA9	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)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.074 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9c2',
    500: '#559ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ca9;
$custom-light: #8bb9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.286,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6514,
    "c": 0.07381,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CA9

secondary

#C0A09A

accent

#6F5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CA9

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

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