#559EA5#559EA5

#559EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.074 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA5
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -20.83, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 23.43, 207.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0675 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.074 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7620, 29.0997, 40.0073)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA5 #A55C55

analogous

#55A584 #559EA5 #5576A5

triadic

#559EA5 #A5559E #9EA555

tetradic

#559EA5 #8455A5 #A55C55 #76A555

square

#559EA5 #8455A5 #A55C55 #76A555

split-complementary

#559EA5 #A55576 #A58455

monochromatic

#2B5154 #40777D #559EA5 #7CB6BB #A4CCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#559EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA5

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA5	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.074 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbf',
    500: '#559ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea5;
$custom-light: #8bbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.25,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65472,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA5

secondary

#BE9B98

accent

#6960C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA5

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

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