#559D97#559D97

#559D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.073 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D97
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(175, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(175, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -24.07, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 24.38, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0724 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.073 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3870, 28.2779, 33.6033)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D97 #9D555B

analogous

#559D73 #559D97 #557F9D

triadic

#559D97 #97559D #9D9755

tetradic

#559D97 #73559D #9D555B #7F9D55

square

#559D97 #73559D #9D555B #7F9D55

split-complementary

#559D97 #9D557F #9D7355

monochromatic

#2A4E4B #407571 #559D97 #79B6B1 #A1CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#559D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#559D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D97

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D97	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.073 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abab5',
    500: '#559d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d97;
$custom-light: #8abab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64743,
    "c": 0.07319,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D97

secondary

#B99598

accent

#626AC6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D97

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

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