#559EC8#559EC8

#559EC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.096 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EC8
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 21%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -10.55, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 30.37, 249.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0539 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.096 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3946, 30.5527, 59.1387)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EC8 #C87F55

analogous

#55C8B8 #559EC8 #5564C8

triadic

#559EC8 #C8559E #9EC855

tetradic

#559EC8 #B855C8 #C87F55 #64C855

square

#559EC8 #B855C8 #C87F55 #64C855

split-complementary

#559EC8 #C85564 #C8B855

monochromatic

#285D7B #377FA9 #559EC8 #83B8D7 #B1D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#559EC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#559EC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EC8

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EC8	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.096 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebad8',
    500: '#559ec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ec8;
$custom-light: #8ebad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66894,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EC8

secondary

#D4B6A5

accent

#814DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EC8

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

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