#559EC6#559EC6

#559EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.094 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EC6
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, -11.17, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 29.66, 247.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0546 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.094 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1624, 30.4598, 57.9157)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EC6 #C67D55

analogous

#55C6B6 #559EC6 #5565C6

triadic

#559EC6 #C6559E #9EC655

tetradic

#559EC6 #B655C6 #C67D55 #65C655

square

#559EC6 #B655C6 #C67D55 #65C655

split-complementary

#559EC6 #C65565 #C6B655

monochromatic

#285C78 #387FA6 #559EC6 #83B8D5 #B1D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#559EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#559EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EC6

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EC6	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.094 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebad7',
    500: '#559ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ec6;
$custom-light: #8ebad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.239,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EC6

secondary

#D3B5A4

accent

#804ED9

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EC6

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

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