#559EC3#559EC3

#559EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.091 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EC3
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(200, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -12.09, -25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 28.66, 245.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0556 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.091 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8198, 30.3228, 56.1114)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EC3 #C37A55

analogous

#55C3B1 #559EC3 #5567C3

triadic

#559EC3 #C3559E #9EC355

tetradic

#559EC3 #B155C3 #C37A55 #67C355

square

#559EC3 #B155C3 #C37A55 #67C355

split-complementary

#559EC3 #C35567 #C3B155

monochromatic

#295B74 #397FA2 #559EC3 #82B8D3 #AFD2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#559EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#559EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EC3

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EC3	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.091 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbad5',
    500: '#559ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ec3;
$custom-light: #8dbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66673,
    "c": 0.09134,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EC3

secondary

#D1B2A3

accent

#7E50D7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EC3

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

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