#559EBA#559EBA

#559EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.084 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EBA
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -14.81, -21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 26.07, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.059 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.084 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8327, 29.9280, 50.9129)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EBA #BA7155

analogous

#55BAA3 #559EBA #556BBA

triadic

#559EBA #BA559E #9EBA55

tetradic

#559EBA #A355BA #BA7155 #6BBA55

square

#559EBA #A355BA #BA7155 #6BBA55

split-complementary

#559EBA #BA556B #BAA355

monochromatic

#2B586A #3D7D95 #559EBA #81B7CC #ACD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#559EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#559EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559EBA

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EBA	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.084 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbace',
    500: '#559eba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559eba;
$custom-light: #8cbace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6629,
    "c": 0.08384,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EBA

secondary

#CBACA0

accent

#7856D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EBA

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

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