#559D7B#559D7B

#559D7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.090 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D7B
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 123)
HSL	hsl(152, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(152, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 21.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -30.77, 10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 32.64, 160.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0853 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.09 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3769, 27.4739, 23.0170)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D7B #9D5577

analogous

#559D57 #559D7B #559B9D

triadic

#559D7B #7B559D #9D7B55

tetradic

#559D7B #57559D #9D5577 #9B9D55

square

#559D7B #57559D #9D5577 #9B9D55

split-complementary

#559D7B #9D559B #9D5755

monochromatic

#2A4E3D #40755C #559D7B #79B699 #A1CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#559D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#559D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D7B

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D7B	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9B9479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#419D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.090 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89baa1',
    500: '#559d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d7b;
$custom-light: #89baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.667,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D7B

secondary

#B995A6

accent

#6291C6

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D7B

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

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