#559DAE#559DAE

#559DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.076 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DAE
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -17.78, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 23.78, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0626 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.076 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4403, 29.0992, 44.4177)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DAE #AE6655

analogous

#55AE92 #559DAE #5570AE

triadic

#559DAE #AE559D #9DAE55

tetradic

#559DAE #9255AE #AE6655 #70AE55

square

#559DAE #9255AE #AE6655 #70AE55

split-complementary

#559DAE #AE5570 #AE9255

monochromatic

#2C535D #407986 #559DAE #7EB5C2 #A8CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#559DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DAE

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DAE	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.076 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac6',
    500: '#559dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dae;
$custom-light: #8bbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.461,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65571,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DAE

secondary

#C3A39C

accent

#725CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DAE

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

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