#559CB7#559CB7

#559CB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.082 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CB7
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 183)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -14.62, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 25.45, 234.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0578 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.082 225)
XYZ	xyz(24.1788, 29.1250, 49.1381)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CB7 #B77055

analogous

#55B7A1 #559CB7 #556BB7

triadic

#559CB7 #B7559C #9CB755

tetradic

#559CB7 #A155B7 #B77055 #6BB755

square

#559CB7 #A155B7 #B77055 #6BB755

split-complementary

#559CB7 #B7556B #B7A155

monochromatic

#2B5666 #3E7A91 #559CB7 #80B5C9 #ABCEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#559CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CB7

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CB7	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D99B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.082 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9cc',
    500: '#559cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cb7;
$custom-light: #8cb9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.531,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65695,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.29127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CB7

secondary

#C9AA9F

accent

#7957D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CB7

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

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