#559EAF#559EAF

#559EAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.077 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EAF
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 175)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -18.02, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 24.00, 221.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0633 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.077 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7081, 29.4781, 44.9896)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EAF #AF6655

analogous

#55AF93 #559EAF #5571AF

triadic

#559EAF #AF559E #9EAF55

tetradic

#559EAF #9355AF #AF6655 #71AF55

square

#559EAF #9355AF #AF6655 #71AF55

split-complementary

#559EAF #AF5571 #AF9355

monochromatic

#2C545E #407A87 #559EAF #7FB6C3 #A8CDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559EAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#559EAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EAF

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EAF	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.077 214.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65848,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EAF

secondary

#C4A39C

accent

#715CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EAF

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

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