#559D7D#559D7D

#559D7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.088 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D7D
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 125)
HSL	hsl(153, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(153, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 20.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -30.33, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 31.88, 162.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0844 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.088 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5034, 27.5244, 23.6831)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D7D #9D5575

analogous

#559D59 #559D7D #55999D

triadic

#559D7D #7D559D #9D7D55

tetradic

#559D7D #59559D #9D5575 #999D55

square

#559D7D #59559D #9D5575 #999D55

split-complementary

#559D7D #9D5599 #9D5955

monochromatic

#2A4E3E #40755D #559D7D #79B69B #A1CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#559D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#559D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D7D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D7D	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B947B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#409D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.088 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89baa2',
    500: '#559d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d7d;
$custom-light: #89baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D7D

secondary

#B995A5

accent

#628EC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0C110F

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D7D

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

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