#559EA6#559EA6

#559EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.074 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA6
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -20.56, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 23.43, 208.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0671 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.074 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8534, 29.1363, 40.4885)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA6 #A65D55

analogous

#55A686 #559EA6 #5576A6

triadic

#559EA6 #A6559E #9EA655

tetradic

#559EA6 #8655A6 #A65D55 #76A655

square

#559EA6 #8655A6 #A65D55 #76A655

split-complementary

#559EA6 #A65576 #A68655

monochromatic

#2C5155 #40777E #559EA6 #7CB6BC #A5CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#559EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#559EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA6

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA6	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.074 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc0',
    500: '#559ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea6;
$custom-light: #8bbbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.926,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65509,
    "c": 0.07386,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA6

secondary

#BE9C99

accent

#6A5FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA6

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

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