#559DEF#559DEF

#559DEF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.142 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559DEF
RGB	rgb(85, 157, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 34.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 2.60, -47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 47.91, 273.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.041 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.142 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.3776, 32.2741, 86.2205)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559DEF #EFA755

analogous

#55EAEF #559DEF #5A55EF

triadic

#559DEF #EF559D #9DEF55

tetradic

#559DEF #EF55EA #EFA755 #55EF5A

square

#559DEF #EF55EA #EFA755 #55EF5A

split-complementary

#559DEF #EF5A55 #EAEF55

monochromatic

#115FB8 #1D7DEA #559DEF #8DBDF4 #C5DDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#559DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#559DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559DEF

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559DEF	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79A2F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6493ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 157, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.142 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93b9f4',
    500: '#559def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559def;
$custom-light: #93b9f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.948,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68596,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559DEF

secondary

#EBD2B5

accent

#7A06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #559DEF

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

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