#559DC8#559DC8

#559DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.097 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DC8
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -10.00, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 30.61, 250.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0528 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.097 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2247, 30.2130, 59.0821)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DC8 #C88055

analogous

#55C8B9 #559DC8 #5563C8

triadic

#559DC8 #C8559D #9DC855

tetradic

#559DC8 #B955C8 #C88055 #63C855

square

#559DC8 #B955C8 #C88055 #63C855

split-complementary

#559DC8 #C85563 #C8B955

monochromatic

#285C7B #377EA9 #559DC8 #83B8D7 #B1D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#559DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#559DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559DC8

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DC8	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.097 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9d9',
    500: '#559dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dc8;
$custom-light: #8eb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66663,
    "c": 0.09654,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DC8

secondary

#D4B6A5

accent

#824DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DC8

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

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