#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
RGBrgb(85, 157, 200)
HSLhsl(202, 51%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 58%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(57.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(61.84, -10.00, -28.93)
CIE-LCHlch(61.84, 30.61, 250.93°)
OKLaboklab(66.66% -0.0528 -0.0808)
OKLCHoklch(66.66% 0.097 236.9)
XYZxyz(26.2247, 30.2130, 59.0821)
Luminance0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##559DC81.002.987.047.04
#FFFFFF2.981.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0421.001.001.00
##0000007.0421.001.001.00

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

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#559DC8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva