#559D8A#559D8A

#559D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.079 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D8A
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -27.32, 2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 27.48, 173.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0783 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.079 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3888, 27.8786, 28.3465)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D8A #9D5568

analogous

#559D66 #559D8A #558C9D

triadic

#559D8A #8A559D #9D8A55

tetradic

#559D8A #66559D #9D5568 #8C9D55

square

#559D8A #66559D #9D5568 #8C9D55

split-complementary

#559D8A #9D558C #9D6655

monochromatic

#2A4E44 #407567 #559D8A #79B6A6 #A1CCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#559D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#559D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D8A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D8A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.079 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89baac',
    500: '#559d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d8a;
$custom-light: #89baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.167,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64333,
    "c": 0.07865,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D8A

secondary

#B9959E

accent

#627CC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D8A

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

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