#559DA0#559DA0

#559DA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.072 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA0
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -21.68, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 23.32, 201.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0684 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.072 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1460, 28.5815, 37.6006)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA0 #A05855

analogous

#55A07D #559DA0 #5577A0

triadic

#559DA0 #A0559D #9DA055

tetradic

#559DA0 #7D55A0 #A05855 #77A055

square

#559DA0 #7D55A0 #A05855 #77A055

split-complementary

#559DA0 #A05577 #A07D55

monochromatic

#2B4F50 #407678 #559DA0 #7AB6B8 #A2CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559DA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#559DA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA0

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA0	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.072 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ababc',
    500: '#559da0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da0;
$custom-light: #8ababc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 30.612,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65051,
    "c": 0.0724,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA0

secondary

#BB9796

accent

#6561C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA0

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

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