#559CBD#559CBD

#559CBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.087 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CBD
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 17.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -12.82, -23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 27.09, 241.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0556 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.087 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8166, 29.3802, 52.4974)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CBD #BD7655

analogous

#55BDAA #559CBD #5568BD

triadic

#559CBD #BD559C #9CBD55

tetradic

#559CBD #AA55BD #BD7655 #68BD55

square

#559CBD #AA55BD #BD7655 #68BD55

split-complementary

#559CBD #BD5568 #BDAA55

monochromatic

#2A586D #3C7C99 #559CBD #81B6CE #ADCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559CBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#559CBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CBD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CBD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.087 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d1',
    500: '#559cbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cbd;
$custom-light: #8db9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.038,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65947,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CBD

secondary

#CDAFA1

accent

#7D54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CBD

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

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