#559D89#559D89

#559D89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.079 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D89
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(163, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(163, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -27.56, 3.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 27.78, 172.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0788 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.079 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3168, 27.8498, 27.9670)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D89 #9D5569

analogous

#559D65 #559D89 #558D9D

triadic

#559D89 #89559D #9D8955

tetradic

#559D89 #65559D #9D5569 #8D9D55

square

#559D89 #65559D #9D5569 #8D9D55

split-complementary

#559D89 #9D558D #9D6555

monochromatic

#2A4E44 #407566 #559D89 #79B6A5 #A1CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#559D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#559D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D89

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D89	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.079 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89baab',
    500: '#559d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d89;
$custom-light: #89baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64303,
    "c": 0.07925,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D89

secondary

#B9959F

accent

#627EC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D89

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

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