#559CC3#559CC3

#559CC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.092 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CC3
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 195)
HSL	hsl(201, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 20%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -10.99, -26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 29.04, 247.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0534 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.092 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4814, 29.6461, 55.9986)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CC3 #C37C55

analogous

#55C3B3 #559CC3 #5565C3

triadic

#559CC3 #C3559C #9CC355

tetradic

#559CC3 #B355C3 #C37C55 #65C355

square

#559CC3 #B355C3 #C37C55 #65C355

split-complementary

#559CC3 #C35565 #C3B355

monochromatic

#295A74 #397DA2 #559CC3 #82B6D3 #AFD1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559CC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#559CC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CC3

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CC3	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.092 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d5',
    500: '#559cc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cc3;
$custom-light: #8db9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66208,
    "c": 0.09207,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CC3

secondary

#D1B3A3

accent

#8050D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CC3

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

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