#559ED9#559ED9

#559ED9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.114 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559ED9
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 217)
HSL	hsl(207, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 27.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -5.18, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 37.21, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0482 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.114 245)
XYZ	xyz(28.4929, 31.3921, 70.1899)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559ED9 #D99055

analogous

#55D9D2 #559ED9 #555CD9

triadic

#559ED9 #D9559E #9ED955

tetradic

#559ED9 #D255D9 #D99055 #5CD955

square

#559ED9 #D255D9 #D99055 #5CD955

split-complementary

#559ED9 #D9555C #D9D255

monochromatic

#216093 #2C81C5 #559ED9 #87BBE4 #B9D7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#559ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#559ED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559ED9

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559ED9	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7292D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.114 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bae5',
    500: '#559ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ed9;
$custom-light: #90bae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67689,
    "c": 0.11433,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.31395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559ED9

secondary

#DFC2AB

accent

#8B41E6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1115

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #559ED9

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

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