#559CCE#559CCE

#559CCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.103 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CCE
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 206)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 24.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -7.57, -32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 33.22, 256.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0496 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.103 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7712, 30.1620, 62.7916)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CCE #CE8755

analogous

#55CEC3 #559CCE #5560CE

triadic

#559CCE #CE559C #9CCE55

tetradic

#559CCE #C355CE #CE8755 #60CE55

square

#559CCE #C355CE #CE8755 #60CE55

split-complementary

#559CCE #CE5560 #CEC355

monochromatic

#265C83 #337EB2 #559CCE #85B8DC #B4D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#559CCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#559CCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559CCE

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CCE	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7590CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.103 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9dd',
    500: '#559cce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cce;
$custom-light: #8eb9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.793,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66709,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CCE

secondary

#D8BBA7

accent

#8749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CCE

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

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