#559EA2#559EA2

#559EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.073 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA2
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -21.66, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 23.51, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0688 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.073 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4922, 28.9918, 38.5861)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA2 #A25955

analogous

#55A27F #559EA2 #5577A2

triadic

#559EA2 #A2559E #9EA255

tetradic

#559EA2 #7F55A2 #A25955 #77A255

square

#559EA2 #7F55A2 #A25955 #77A255

split-complementary

#559EA2 #A25577 #A27F55

monochromatic

#2B5052 #40777A #559EA2 #7BB6BA #A3CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#559EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA2

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA2	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9598A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.073 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbd',
    500: '#559ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea2;
$custom-light: #8bbbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.07325,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA2

secondary

#BC9997

accent

#6660C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA2

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

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