#559EA3#559EA3

#559EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.073 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA3
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(184, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -21.38, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 23.47, 204.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0683 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.073 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5814, 29.0275, 39.0561)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA3 #A35A55

analogous

#55A381 #559EA3 #5577A3

triadic

#559EA3 #A3559E #9EA355

tetradic

#559EA3 #8155A3 #A35A55 #77A355

square

#559EA3 #8155A3 #A35A55 #77A355

split-complementary

#559EA3 #A35577 #A38155

monochromatic

#2B5053 #40777B #559EA3 #7BB6BA #A3CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#559EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#559EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA3

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA3	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9598A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.073 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbe',
    500: '#559ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea3;
$custom-light: #8bbbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.846,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.07335,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA3

secondary

#BD9A97

accent

#6760C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA3

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

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