#559CCD#559CCD

#559CCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.102 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CCD
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -7.88, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 32.81, 256.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.05 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.102 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6501, 30.1136, 62.1538)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CCD #CD8655

analogous

#55CDC2 #559CCD #5560CD

triadic

#559CCD #CD559C #9CCD55

tetradic

#559CCD #C255CD #CD8655 #60CD55

square

#559CCD #C255CD #CD8655 #60CD55

split-complementary

#559CCD #CD5560 #CDC255

monochromatic

#265C82 #347EB1 #559CCD #84B8DB #B4D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#559CCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#559CCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559CCD

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CCD	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.102 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9dc',
    500: '#559ccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ccd;
$custom-light: #8eb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CCD

secondary

#D7BAA6

accent

#864ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CCD

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

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