#559D99#559D99

#559D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.073 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559D99
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 30%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -23.55, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 24.06, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.0715 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.073 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5508, 28.3434, 34.4660)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559D99 #9D5559

analogous

#559D75 #559D99 #557D9D

triadic

#559D99 #99559D #9D9955

tetradic

#559D99 #75559D #9D5559 #7D9D55

square

#559D99 #75559D #9D5559 #7D9D55

split-complementary

#559D99 #9D557D #9D7555

monochromatic

#2A4E4C #407572 #559D99 #79B6B3 #A1CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#559D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#559D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559D99

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559D99	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.073 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abab7',
    500: '#559d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559d99;
$custom-light: #8abab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6481,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559D99

secondary

#B99597

accent

#6267C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559D99

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →