#559DBF#559DBF

#559DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.088 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DBF
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 191)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -12.76, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 27.56, 242.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.056 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.088 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2037, 29.8046, 53.7048)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DBF #BF7755

analogous

#55BFAC #559DBF #5568BF

triadic

#559DBF #BF559D #9DBF55

tetradic

#559DBF #AC55BF #BF7755 #68BF55

square

#559DBF #AC55BF #BF7755 #68BF55

split-complementary

#559DBF #BF5568 #BFAC55

monochromatic

#2A5970 #3B7D9C #559DBF #81B7D0 #AED0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#559DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#559DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559DBF

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DBF	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9BC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.088 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbad2',
    500: '#559dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dbf;
$custom-light: #8dbad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.245,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66267,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DBF

secondary

#CEB0A1

accent

#7D53D5

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DBF

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

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