#559EA7#559EA7

#559EA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.074 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA7
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -20.28, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 23.44, 210.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0666 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.074 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9455, 29.1731, 40.9735)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA7 #A75E55

analogous

#55A787 #559EA7 #5575A7

triadic

#559EA7 #A7559E #9EA755

tetradic

#559EA7 #8755A7 #A75E55 #75A755

square

#559EA7 #8755A7 #A75E55 #75A755

split-complementary

#559EA7 #A75575 #A78755

monochromatic

#2C5156 #40787E #559EA7 #7DB6BD #A5CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#559EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#559EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA7

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA7	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9499A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.074 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc1',
    500: '#559ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea7;
$custom-light: #8bbbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.585,
    "s": 32.54,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65545,
    "c": 0.07409,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA7

secondary

#BF9D99

accent

#6B5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA7

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

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