#559E9E#559E9E

#559E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.073 H 195.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559E9E
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -22.73, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 23.81, 197.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0705 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.073 195.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1423, 28.8518, 36.7432)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559E9E #9E5555

analogous

#559E79 #559E9E #55799E

triadic

#559E9E #9E559E #9E9E55

tetradic

#559E9E #79559E #9E5555 #799E55

square

#559E9E #79559E #9E5555 #799E55

split-complementary

#559E9E #9E5579 #9E7955

monochromatic

#2A4E4E #407676 #559E9E #79B7B7 #A1CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#559E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#559E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559E9E

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559E9E	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.073 195.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbba',
    500: '#559e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559e9e;
$custom-light: #8abbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65224,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 195.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559E9E

secondary

#BA9595

accent

#6262C6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #559E9E

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

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