#559CD6#559CD6

#559CD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.112 H 245.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CD6
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 214)
HSL	hsl(207, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 27.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -5.02, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 36.62, 262.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0471 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.112 245.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7679, 30.5607, 68.0407)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CD6 #D68F55

analogous

#55D6CF #559CD6 #555BD6

triadic

#559CD6 #D6559C #9CD655

tetradic

#559CD6 #CF55D6 #D68F55 #5BD655

square

#559CD6 #CF55D6 #D68F55 #5BD655

split-complementary

#559CD6 #D6555B #D6CF55

monochromatic

#225E8E #2E7EC0 #559CD6 #86B9E2 #B8D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#559CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#559CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559CD6

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CD6	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839DD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7190D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.112 245.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb9e3',
    500: '#559cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cd6;
$custom-light: #8fb9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.977,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.11234,
    "h": 245.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CD6

secondary

#DDC1AA

accent

#8C44E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CD6

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

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