#559DC5#559DC5

#559DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DC5
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -10.93, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 29.53, 248.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0538 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.094 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8775, 30.0741, 57.2537)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DC5 #C57D55

analogous

#55C5B5 #559DC5 #5565C5

triadic

#559DC5 #C5559D #9DC555

tetradic

#559DC5 #B555C5 #C57D55 #65C555

square

#559DC5 #B555C5 #C57D55 #65C555

split-complementary

#559DC5 #C55565 #C5B555

monochromatic

#295B77 #387EA5 #559DC5 #83B7D5 #B0D2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#559DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#559DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559DC5

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DC5	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9d6',
    500: '#559dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dc5;
$custom-light: #8db9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66529,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DC5

secondary

#D2B4A3

accent

#804FD9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DC5

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

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