#559DCD#559DCD

#559DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 239.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DCD
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -8.44, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 32.52, 254.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.051 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.102 239.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8186, 30.4505, 62.2100)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DCD #CD8555

analogous

#55CDC1 #559DCD #5561CD

triadic

#559DCD #CD559D #9DCD55

tetradic

#559DCD #C155CD #CD8555 #61CD55

square

#559DCD #C155CD #CD8555 #61CD55

split-complementary

#559DCD #CD5561 #CDC155

monochromatic

#265D82 #347FB1 #559DCD #84B8DB #B4D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#559DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#559DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559DCD

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DCD	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7791CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 239.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eb9dc',
    500: '#559dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559dcd;
$custom-light: #8eb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66891,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 239.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DCD

secondary

#D7BAA6

accent

#854ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DCD

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

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