#559ECD#559ECD

#559ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.101 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ECD
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 22.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -8.99, -30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 32.24, 253.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0521 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.101 239)
XYZ	xyz(26.9885, 30.7903, 62.2666)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559ECD #CD8455

analogous

#55CDC0 #559ECD #5562CD

triadic

#559ECD #CD559E #9ECD55

tetradic

#559ECD #C055CD #CD8455 #62CD55

square

#559ECD #C055CD #CD8455 #62CD55

split-complementary

#559ECD #CD5562 #CDC055

monochromatic

#265E82 #3480B1 #559ECD #84B9DB #B4D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#559ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#559ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559ECD

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ECD	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.101 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebadc',
    500: '#559ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ecd;
$custom-light: #8ebadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67121,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.30793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ECD

secondary

#D7BAA6

accent

#844ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ECD

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

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