#559CAA#559CAA

#559CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.074 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CAA
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -18.39, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 23.23, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.063 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.074 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8877, 28.6086, 42.3383)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CAA #AA6355

analogous

#55AA8D #559CAA #5572AA

triadic

#559CAA #AA559C #9CAA55

tetradic

#559CAA #8D55AA #AA6355 #72AA55

square

#559CAA #8D55AA #AA6355 #72AA55

split-complementary

#559CAA #AA5572 #AA8D55

monochromatic

#2C5158 #417781 #559CAA #7EB4BE #A7CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#559CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#559CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CAA

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CAA	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.074 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9c3',
    500: '#559caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559caa;
$custom-light: #8bb9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.882,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65178,
    "c": 0.0742,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CAA

secondary

#C0A19A

accent

#705EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CAA

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

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