#559EBD#559EBD

#559EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.086 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EBD
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -13.91, -22.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 26.85, 238.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0579 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.086 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1550, 30.0569, 52.6102)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EBD #BD7455

analogous

#55BDA8 #559EBD #556ABD

triadic

#559EBD #BD559E #9EBD55

tetradic

#559EBD #A855BD #BD7455 #6ABD55

square

#559EBD #A855BD #BD7455 #6ABD55

split-complementary

#559EBD #BD556A #BDA855

monochromatic

#2A596D #3C7D99 #559EBD #81B7CE #ADD0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#559EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#559EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EBD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EBD	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.086 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbad1',
    500: '#559ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ebd;
$custom-light: #8dbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.885,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66415,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EBD

secondary

#CDAEA1

accent

#7A54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EBD

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

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