#559CC0#559CC0

#559CC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.089 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CC0
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 192)
HSL	hsl(200, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -11.91, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 28.03, 244.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0545 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.089 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1456, 29.5118, 54.2302)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CC0 #C07955

analogous

#55C0AF #559CC0 #5567C0

triadic

#559CC0 #C0559C #9CC055

tetradic

#559CC0 #AF55C0 #C07955 #67C055

square

#559CC0 #AF55C0 #C07955 #67C055

split-complementary

#559CC0 #C05567 #C0AF55

monochromatic

#2A5971 #3A7C9D #559CC0 #82B6D1 #AED0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#559CC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#559CC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CC0

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CC0	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.089 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d3',
    500: '#559cc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cc0;
$custom-light: #8db9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.187,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66077,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CC0

secondary

#CFB1A2

accent

#7E52D6

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CC0

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

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