#559DBC#559DBC

#559DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.086 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DBC
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -13.67, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 26.68, 239.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.14% -0.0571 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(66.14% 0.086 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8769, 29.6739, 51.9839)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DBC #BC7455

analogous

#55BCA7 #559DBC #5569BC

triadic

#559DBC #BC559D #9DBC55

tetradic

#559DBC #A755BC #BC7455 #69BC55

square

#559DBC #A755BC #BC7455 #69BC55

split-complementary

#559DBC #BC5569 #BCA755

monochromatic

#2B586C #3C7C98 #559DBC #81B6CD #ADD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#559DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DBC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DBC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.086 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbad0',
    500: '#559dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dbc;
$custom-light: #8dbad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.058,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66139,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DBC

secondary

#CCAEA0

accent

#7B55D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DBC

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

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