#559EA1#559EA1

#559EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.073 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA1
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -21.93, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 23.57, 201.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0692 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.073 199)
XYZ	xyz(22.4037, 28.9564, 38.1198)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA1 #A15855

analogous

#55A17E #559EA1 #5578A1

triadic

#559EA1 #A1559E #9EA155

tetradic

#559EA1 #7E55A1 #A15855 #78A155

square

#559EA1 #7E55A1 #A15855 #78A155

split-complementary

#559EA1 #A15578 #A17E55

monochromatic

#2B4F51 #407779 #559EA1 #7AB6B9 #A2CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#559EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA1

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA1	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9598A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.073 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbbc',
    500: '#559ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea1;
$custom-light: #8abbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65329,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.28958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA1

secondary

#BC9896

accent

#6561C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA1

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

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