#559DAC#559DAC

#559DAC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.075 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DAC
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -18.35, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 23.56, 218.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0634 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.075 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2468, 29.0218, 43.3984)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DAC #AC6455

analogous

#55AC8F #559DAC #5571AC

triadic

#559DAC #AC559D #9DAC55

tetradic

#559DAC #8F55AC #AC6455 #71AC55

square

#559DAC #8F55AC #AC6455 #71AC55

split-complementary

#559DAC #AC5571 #AC8F55

monochromatic

#2C525A #407884 #559DAC #7EB5C0 #A7CCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#559DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DAC

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DAC	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.075 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac4',
    500: '#559dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dac;
$custom-light: #8bbac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.345,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65494,
    "c": 0.07537,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DAC

secondary

#C2A29B

accent

#705DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DAC

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

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