#559E97#559E97

#559E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.074 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E97
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, -24.57, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 24.81, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0736 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.074 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5568, 28.6176, 33.6599)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E97 #9E555C

analogous

#559E73 #559E97 #55809E

triadic

#559E97 #97559E #9E9755

tetradic

#559E97 #73559E #9E555C #809E55

square

#559E97 #73559E #9E555C #809E55

split-complementary

#559E97 #9E5580 #9E7355

monochromatic

#2A4E4B #407671 #559E97 #79B7B1 #A1CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#559E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#559E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E97

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E97	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.074 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbb5',
    500: '#559e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e97;
$custom-light: #8abbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.247,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64987,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E97

secondary

#BA9599

accent

#626BC6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →