#559DA9#559DA9

#559DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.074 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DA9
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -19.20, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 23.32, 214.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0646 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.074 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9619, 28.9079, 41.8982)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DA9 #A96155

analogous

#55A98B #559DA9 #5573A9

triadic

#559DA9 #A9559D #9DA955

tetradic

#559DA9 #8B55A9 #A96155 #73A955

square

#559DA9 #8B55A9 #A96155 #73A955

split-complementary

#559DA9 #A95573 #A98B55

monochromatic

#2C5158 #417780 #559DA9 #7DB5BE #A6CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#559DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#559DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DA9

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DA9	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.074 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac2',
    500: '#559da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559da9;
$custom-light: #8bbac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6538,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DA9

secondary

#C09F9A

accent

#6E5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DA9

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

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