#559EAD#559EAD

#559EAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.076 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EAD
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -18.59, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 23.78, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0641 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.076 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5131, 29.4001, 43.9628)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EAD #AD6455

analogous

#55AD90 #559EAD #5572AD

triadic

#559EAD #AD559E #9EAD55

tetradic

#559EAD #9055AD #AD6455 #72AD55

square

#559EAD #9055AD #AD6455 #72AD55

split-complementary

#559EAD #AD5572 #AD9055

monochromatic

#2C535B #407985 #559EAD #7EB6C1 #A8CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#559EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EAD

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EAD	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.076 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac5',
    500: '#559ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ead;
$custom-light: #8bbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.227,
    "s": 34.921,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65771,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EAD

secondary

#C2A29B

accent

#705DCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EAD

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

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