#559DA5#559DA5

#559DA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.073 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA5
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -20.31, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 23.18, 208.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0663 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.073 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5922, 28.7600, 39.9507)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA5 #A55D55

analogous

#55A585 #559DA5 #5575A5

triadic

#559DA5 #A5559D #9DA555

tetradic

#559DA5 #8555A5 #A55D55 #75A555

square

#559DA5 #8555A5 #A55D55 #75A555

split-complementary

#559DA5 #A55575 #A58555

monochromatic

#2B5054 #40777D #559DA5 #7CB5BB #A4CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#559DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#559DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA5

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA5	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)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.073 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbabf',
    500: '#559da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da5;
$custom-light: #8bbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65231,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA5

secondary

#BE9C98

accent

#6A60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA5

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

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