#559EAE#559EAE

#559EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.077 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EAE
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -18.31, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 23.89, 219.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0637 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.077 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6102, 29.4390, 44.4743)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EAE #AE6555

analogous

#55AE91 #559EAE #5571AE

triadic

#559EAE #AE559E #9EAE55

tetradic

#559EAE #9155AE #AE6555 #71AE55

square

#559EAE #9155AE #AE6555 #71AE55

split-complementary

#559EAE #AE5571 #AE9155

monochromatic

#2C545D #407986 #559EAE #7EB6C2 #A8CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#559EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EAE

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EAE	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.077 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbac6',
    500: '#559eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559eae;
$custom-light: #8bbac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.787,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65809,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EAE

secondary

#C3A39C

accent

#705CCB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EAE

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

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