#559EAC#559EAC

#559EAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.076 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EAC
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -18.88, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 23.69, 217.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0646 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.076 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4167, 29.3616, 43.4551)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EAC #AC6355

analogous

#55AC8E #559EAC #5572AC

triadic

#559EAC #AC559E #9EAC55

tetradic

#559EAC #8E55AC #AC6355 #72AC55

square

#559EAC #8E55AC #AC6355 #72AC55

split-complementary

#559EAC #AC5572 #AC8E55

monochromatic

#2C535A #407984 #559EAC #7EB5C0 #A7CDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#559EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#559EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EAC

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EAC	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.076 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac4',
    500: '#559eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559eac;
$custom-light: #8bbac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.655,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65733,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EAC

secondary

#C2A19B

accent

#6F5DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EAC

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

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