#559CC5#559CC5

#559CC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.094 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CC5
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, -10.38, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 29.75, 249.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0527 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.094 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7091, 29.7371, 57.1975)
Luminance	0.2974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CC5 #C57E55

analogous

#55C5B6 #559CC5 #5564C5

triadic

#559CC5 #C5559C #9CC555

tetradic

#559CC5 #B655C5 #C57E55 #64C555

square

#559CC5 #B655C5 #C57E55 #64C555

split-complementary

#559CC5 #C55564 #C5B655

monochromatic

#295A77 #387DA5 #559CC5 #83B7D5 #B0D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#559CC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#559CC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559CC5

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CC5	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.094 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d6',
    500: '#559cc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cc5;
$custom-light: #8db9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.964,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66297,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CC5

secondary

#D2B5A3

accent

#814FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CC5

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

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