#559D79#559D79

#559D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.092 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D79
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(150, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -31.20, 11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 33.41, 159.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0863 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.092 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2530, 27.4243, 22.3643)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D79 #9D5579

analogous

#559D55 #559D79 #559D9D

triadic

#559D79 #79559D #9D7955

tetradic

#559D79 #55559D #9D5579 #9D9D55

square

#559D79 #55559D #9D5579 #9D9D55

split-complementary

#559D79 #9D559D #9D5555

monochromatic

#2A4E3C #40755A #559D79 #79B698 #A1CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#559D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#559D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D79

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D79	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#429D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.092 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ba9f',
    500: '#559d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d79;
$custom-light: #89ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63861,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D79

secondary

#B995A7

accent

#6294C6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110E

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D79

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

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