#559DA8#559DA8

#559DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.074 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA8
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -19.48, -12.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 23.26, 213.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.065 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.074 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8684, 28.8705, 41.4056)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA8 #A86055

analogous

#55A88A #559DA8 #5574A8

triadic

#559DA8 #A8559D #9DA855

tetradic

#559DA8 #8A55A8 #A86055 #74A855

square

#559DA8 #8A55A8 #A86055 #74A855

split-complementary

#559DA8 #A85574 #A88A55

monochromatic

#2C5157 #40777F #559DA8 #7DB5BD #A6CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#559DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#559DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA8

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA8	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.074 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac1',
    500: '#559da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da8;
$custom-light: #8bbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.952,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65342,
    "c": 0.07388,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA8

secondary

#BF9E99

accent

#6D5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA8

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

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