#559EB4#559EB4

#559EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.080 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EB4
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -16.57, -18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 24.77, 228.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0613 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.08 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2082, 29.6782, 47.6239)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EB4 #B46B55

analogous

#55B49B #559EB4 #556EB4

triadic

#559EB4 #B4559E #9EB455

tetradic

#559EB4 #9B55B4 #B46B55 #6EB455

square

#559EB4 #9B55B4 #B46B55 #6EB455

split-complementary

#559EB4 #B4556E #B49B55

monochromatic

#2C5663 #3E7B8D #559EB4 #7FB6C7 #AACED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#559EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EB4

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EB4	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.080 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbaca',
    500: '#559eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559eb4;
$custom-light: #8cbaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.895,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66045,
    "c": 0.07975,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EB4

secondary

#C7A79E

accent

#7459CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EB4

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

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