#559ED6#559ED6

#559ED6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.111 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ED6
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 214)
HSL	hsl(206, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -6.14, -35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 35.91, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0492 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.111 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1063, 31.2374, 68.1535)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559ED6 #D68D55

analogous

#55D6CE #559ED6 #555DD6

triadic

#559ED6 #D6559E #9ED655

tetradic

#559ED6 #CE55D6 #D68D55 #5DD655

square

#559ED6 #CE55D6 #D68D55 #5DD655

split-complementary

#559ED6 #D6555D #D6CE55

monochromatic

#225F8E #2E80C0 #559ED6 #86BAE2 #B8D6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#559ED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#559ED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559ED6

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ED6	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ed6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.111 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbae3',
    500: '#559ed6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ed6;
$custom-light: #8fbae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ed6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.047,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67543,
    "c": 0.11093,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ED6

secondary

#DDC0AA

accent

#8944E4

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ED6

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

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