#559E99#559E99

#559E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.074 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E99
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(176, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -24.06, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 24.47, 190.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0727 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.074 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7206, 28.6832, 34.5226)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E99 #9E555A

analogous

#559E74 #559E99 #557F9E

triadic

#559E99 #99559E #9E9955

tetradic

#559E99 #74559E #9E555A #7F9E55

square

#559E99 #74559E #9E555A #7F9E55

split-complementary

#559E99 #9E557F #9E7455

monochromatic

#2A4E4C #407672 #559E99 #79B7B3 #A1CCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#559E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#559E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E99

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E99	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.074 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbb7',
    500: '#559e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e99;
$custom-light: #8abbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.89,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65054,
    "c": 0.07376,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E99

secondary

#BA9598

accent

#6268C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E99

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

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