#559EB6#559EB6

#559EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.081 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EB6
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -15.99, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 25.16, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0605 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.081 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4134, 29.7603, 48.7047)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EB6 #B66D55

analogous

#55B69D #559EB6 #556EB6

triadic

#559EB6 #B6559E #9EB655

tetradic

#559EB6 #9D55B6 #B66D55 #6EB655

square

#559EB6 #9D55B6 #B66D55 #6EB655

split-complementary

#559EB6 #B6556E #B69D55

monochromatic

#2B5765 #3E7C90 #559EB6 #80B6C8 #ABCFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#559EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#559EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EB6

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EB6	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8190B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.081 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbacc',
    500: '#559eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559eb6;
$custom-light: #8cbacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.845,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66126,
    "c": 0.08103,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EB6

secondary

#C9A99E

accent

#7658D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EB6

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

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