#559DAA#559DAA

#559DAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.075 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DAA
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 170)
HSL	hsl(189, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 7.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -18.92, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 23.38, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0642 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.075 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0562, 28.9456, 42.3945)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DAA #AA6255

analogous

#55AA8C #559DAA #5573AA

triadic

#559DAA #AA559D #9DAA55

tetradic

#559DAA #8C55AA #AA6255 #73AA55

square

#559DAA #8C55AA #AA6255 #73AA55

split-complementary

#559DAA #AA5573 #AA8C55

monochromatic

#2C5258 #417781 #559DAA #7EB5BE #A7CCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#559DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DAA

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DAA	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.075 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac3',
    500: '#559daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559daa;
$custom-light: #8bbac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.176,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65418,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DAA

secondary

#C0A09A

accent

#6F5EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DAA

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

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