#559D91#559D91

#559D91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.075 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D91
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 145)
HSL	hsl(170, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(170, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 7.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -25.60, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 25.61, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0751 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.075 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9121, 28.0879, 31.1021)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D91 #9D5561

analogous

#559D6D #559D91 #55859D

triadic

#559D91 #91559D #9D9155

tetradic

#559D91 #6D559D #9D5561 #859D55

square

#559D91 #6D559D #9D5561 #859D55

split-complementary

#559D91 #9D5585 #9D6D55

monochromatic

#2A4E48 #40756C #559D91 #79B6AC #A1CCC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#559D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#559D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D91

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D91	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.075 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abab1',
    500: '#559d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d91;
$custom-light: #8abab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64548,
    "c": 0.07513,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D91

secondary

#B9959B

accent

#6273C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F5

border

#CBD0CF

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D91

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

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