#559CD8#559CD8

#559CD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559CD8
RGB	rgb(85, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -4.37, -37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 37.50, 263.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0464 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.115 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0249, 30.6635, 69.3942)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559CD8 #D89155

analogous

#55D8D3 #559CD8 #555BD8

triadic

#559CD8 #D8559C #9CD855

tetradic

#559CD8 #D355D8 #D89155 #5BD855

square

#559CD8 #D355D8 #D89155 #5BD855

split-complementary

#559CD8 #D8555B #D8D355

monochromatic

#215E91 #2D7EC3 #559CD8 #87B9E3 #B9D6EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#559CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#559CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559CD8

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559CD8	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829EDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7091D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9e4',
    500: '#559cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559cd8;
$custom-light: #90b9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.481,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67189,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559CD8

secondary

#DEC2AB

accent

#8D42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559CD8

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

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