#559DA2#559DA2

#559DA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.073 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA2
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -21.14, -9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 23.22, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0676 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.073 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3223, 28.6520, 38.5295)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA2 #A25A55

analogous

#55A280 #559DA2 #5576A2

triadic

#559DA2 #A2559D #9DA255

tetradic

#559DA2 #8055A2 #A25A55 #76A255

square

#559DA2 #8055A2 #A25A55 #76A255

split-complementary

#559DA2 #A25576 #A28055

monochromatic

#2B4F52 #40767A #559DA2 #7BB5BA #A3CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#559DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#559DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA2

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA2	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.073 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ababd',
    500: '#559da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da2;
$custom-light: #8ababd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.896,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.07257,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA2

secondary

#BC9997

accent

#6760C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA2

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

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