#559EA8#559EA8

#559EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.074 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA8
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -20.00, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 23.46, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0662 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.074 207)
XYZ	xyz(23.0383, 29.2102, 41.4623)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA8 #A85F55

analogous

#55A889 #559EA8 #5575A8

triadic

#559EA8 #A8559E #9EA855

tetradic

#559EA8 #8955A8 #A85F55 #75A855

square

#559EA8 #8955A8 #A85F55 #75A855

split-complementary

#559EA8 #A85575 #A88955

monochromatic

#2C5257 #40787F #559EA8 #7DB5BD #A6CCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#559EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#559EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA8

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA8	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)

#9399A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.074 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac1',
    500: '#559ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea8;
$custom-light: #8bbac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.229,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.07435,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.29212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA8

secondary

#BF9E99

accent

#6C5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA8

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

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