#559DA4#559DA4

#559DA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.073 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA4
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.54, -20.59, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.54, 23.18, 207.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0667 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.073 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5015, 28.7237, 39.4732)
Luminance	0.2873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA4 #A45C55

analogous

#55A484 #559DA4 #5576A4

triadic

#559DA4 #A4559D #9DA455

tetradic

#559DA4 #8455A4 #A45C55 #76A455

square

#559DA4 #8455A4 #A45C55 #76A455

split-complementary

#559DA4 #A45576 #A48455

monochromatic

#2B5053 #40767C #559DA4 #7BB5BB #A4CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#559DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#559DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA4

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA4	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.073 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbabf',
    500: '#559da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da4;
$custom-light: #8bbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.316,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65195,
    "c": 0.07288,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA4

secondary

#BD9B98

accent

#6960C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA4

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

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