#559EA4#559EA4

#559EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.073 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA4
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.84, -21.11, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.84, 23.44, 205.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0679 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.073 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6714, 29.0635, 39.5298)
Luminance	0.2907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA4 #A45B55

analogous

#55A483 #559EA4 #5577A4

triadic

#559EA4 #A4559E #9EA455

tetradic

#559EA4 #8355A4 #A45B55 #77A455

square

#559EA4 #8355A4 #A45B55 #77A455

split-complementary

#559EA4 #A45577 #A48355

monochromatic

#2B5053 #40777C #559EA4 #7BB6BB #A4CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#559EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA4

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA4	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#9498A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.073 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbf',
    500: '#559ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea4;
$custom-light: #8bbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.557,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65436,
    "c": 0.07349,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA4

secondary

#BD9A98

accent

#6860C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA4

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

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