#559CC2#559CC2

#559CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.091 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CC2
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(201, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -11.30, -26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 28.70, 246.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0538 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.091 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3687, 29.6010, 55.4051)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CC2 #C27B55

analogous

#55C2B1 #559CC2 #5566C2

triadic

#559CC2 #C2559C #9CC255

tetradic

#559CC2 #B155C2 #C27B55 #66C255

square

#559CC2 #B155C2 #C27B55 #66C255

split-complementary

#559CC2 #C25566 #C2B155

monochromatic

#295973 #3A7CA0 #559CC2 #82B6D2 #AFD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#559CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CC2

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CC2	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.091 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d4',
    500: '#559cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cc2;
$custom-light: #8db9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.917,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66164,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CC2

secondary

#D0B2A2

accent

#8051D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CC2

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

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