#559ECC#559ECC

#559ECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.100 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ECC
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 204)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -9.31, -30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 31.85, 253.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0525 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.1 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8682, 30.7422, 61.6329)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559ECC #CC8355

analogous

#55CCBE #559ECC #5563CC

triadic

#559ECC #CC559E #9ECC55

tetradic

#559ECC #BE55CC #CC8355 #63CC55

square

#559ECC #BE55CC #CC8355 #63CC55

split-complementary

#559ECC #CC5563 #CCBE55

monochromatic

#265D80 #3580AF #559ECC #84B9DA #B3D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#559ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#559ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559ECC

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ECC	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.100 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebadb',
    500: '#559ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ecc;
$custom-light: #8ebadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.193,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67075,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ECC

secondary

#D7B9A6

accent

#834BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ECC

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

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