#559EA9#559EA9

#559EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.075 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EA9
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(188, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(188, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -19.72, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 23.50, 212.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0658 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.075 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1318, 29.2476, 41.9548)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EA9 #A96055

analogous

#55A98A #559EA9 #5574A9

triadic

#559EA9 #A9559E #9EA955

tetradic

#559EA9 #8A55A9 #A96055 #74A955

square

#559EA9 #8A55A9 #A96055 #74A955

split-complementary

#559EA9 #A95574 #A98A55

monochromatic

#2C5258 #417880 #559EA9 #7DB5BE #A6CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#559EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#559EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EA9

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EA9	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9399AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.075 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac2',
    500: '#559ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ea9;
$custom-light: #8bbac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.857,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6562,
    "c": 0.07464,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EA9

secondary

#C09F9A

accent

#6D5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EA9

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

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