#559EBE#559EBE

#559EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.087 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EBE
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -13.61, -23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 27.13, 239.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0575 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.087 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2639, 30.1005, 53.1838)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EBE #BE7555

analogous

#55BEAA #559EBE #556ABE

triadic

#559EBE #BE559E #9EBE55

tetradic

#559EBE #AA55BE #BE7555 #6ABE55

square

#559EBE #AA55BE #BE7555 #6ABE55

split-complementary

#559EBE #BE556A #BEAA55

monochromatic

#2A5A6E #3B7E9B #559EBE #81B7CF #AED1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#559EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#559EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EBE

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EBE	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.087 228.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66457,
    "c": 0.08699,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EBE

secondary

#CEAFA1

accent

#7B53D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EBE

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

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