#559CAF#559CAF

#559CAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.077 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CAF
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 175)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.61, -16.96, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.61, 23.84, 224.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.061 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.077 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3697, 28.8014, 44.8768)
Luminance	0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CAF #AF6855

analogous

#55AF95 #559CAF #556FAF

triadic

#559CAF #AF559C #9CAF55

tetradic

#559CAF #9555AF #AF6855 #6FAF55

square

#559CAF #9555AF #AF6855 #6FAF55

split-complementary

#559CAF #AF556F #AF9555

monochromatic

#2C535E #407887 #559CAF #7FB4C3 #A8CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#559CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#559CAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CAF

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CAF	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.077 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9c6',
    500: '#559caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559caf;
$custom-light: #8bb9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65372,
    "c": 0.0766,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CAF

secondary

#C4A49C

accent

#735CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CAF

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

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