#559E8D#559E8D

#559E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.078 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E8D
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, -27.09, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 27.15, 176.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.0781 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.078 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7789, 28.3065, 29.5629)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E8D #9E5566

analogous

#559E68 #559E8D #558B9E

triadic

#559E8D #8D559E #9E8D55

tetradic

#559E8D #68559E #9E5566 #8B9E55

square

#559E8D #68559E #9E5566 #8B9E55

split-complementary

#559E8D #9E558B #9E6855

monochromatic

#2A4E46 #407669 #559E8D #79B7A9 #A1CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#559E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#559E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E8D

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E8D	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.078 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbae',
    500: '#559e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e8d;
$custom-light: #89bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.027,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64671,
    "c": 0.07825,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E8D

secondary

#BA959E

accent

#6279C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E8D

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

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