#559DBD#559DBD

#559DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.086 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DBD
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -13.37, -23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 26.96, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0567 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.086 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9851, 29.7171, 52.5536)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DBD #BD7555

analogous

#55BDA9 #559DBD #5569BD

triadic

#559DBD #BD559D #9DBD55

tetradic

#559DBD #A955BD #BD7555 #69BD55

square

#559DBD #A955BD #BD7555 #69BD55

split-complementary

#559DBD #BD5569 #BDA955

monochromatic

#2A596D #3C7C99 #559DBD #81B6CE #ADD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#559DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#559DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DBD

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DBD	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.086 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbad1',
    500: '#559dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dbd;
$custom-light: #8dbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66181,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DBD

secondary

#CDAEA1

accent

#7B54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DBD

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

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