#559ECE#559ECE

#559ECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.102 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ECE
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 206)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -8.68, -31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 32.63, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0518 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.102 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1096, 30.8387, 62.9044)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559ECE #CE8555

analogous

#55CEC2 #559ECE #5562CE

triadic

#559ECE #CE559E #9ECE55

tetradic

#559ECE #C255CE #CE8555 #62CE55

square

#559ECE #C255CE #CE8555 #62CE55

split-complementary

#559ECE #CE5562 #CEC255

monochromatic

#265E83 #3380B2 #559ECE #85B9DC #B4D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#559ECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#559ECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559ECE

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ECE	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.102 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbadd',
    500: '#559ece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ece;
$custom-light: #8fbadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.802,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ECE

secondary

#D8BAA7

accent

#8449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ECE

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

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