#559DBA#559DBA

#559DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.084 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DBA
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -14.27, -21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 26.14, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0578 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.084 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.6628, 29.5882, 50.8563)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DBA #BA7255

analogous

#55BAA4 #559DBA #556ABA

triadic

#559DBA #BA559D #9DBA55

tetradic

#559DBA #A455BA #BA7255 #6ABA55

square

#559DBA #A455BA #BA7255 #6ABA55

split-complementary

#559DBA #BA556A #BAA455

monochromatic

#2B586A #3D7C95 #559DBA #81B6CC #ACCFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#559DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#559DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DBA

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DBA	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.084 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbace',
    500: '#559dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dba;
$custom-light: #8cbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.228,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66055,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DBA

secondary

#CBACA0

accent

#7956D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DBA

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

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