#559E8A#559E8A

#559E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.080 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E8A
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, -27.82, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 28.02, 173.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% -0.0795 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.08 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5587, 28.2184, 28.4032)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E8A #9E5569

analogous

#559E66 #559E8A #558D9E

triadic

#559E8A #8A559E #9E8A55

tetradic

#559E8A #66559E #9E5569 #8D9E55

square

#559E8A #66559E #9E5569 #8D9E55

split-complementary

#559E8A #9E558D #9E6655

monochromatic

#2A4E44 #407667 #559E8A #79B7A6 #A1CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#559E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#559E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E8A

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E8A	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.080 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbac',
    500: '#559e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e8a;
$custom-light: #89bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.562,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E8A

secondary

#BA959F

accent

#627DC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E8A

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

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