#559EDD#559EDD

#559EDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EDD
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 221)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -3.89, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 38.98, 264.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.047 -0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.119 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0195, 31.6027, 72.9632)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559EDD #DD9455

analogous

#55DDD8 #559EDD #555ADD

triadic

#559EDD #DD559E #9EDD55

tetradic

#559EDD #D855DD #DD9455 #5ADD55

square

#559EDD #D855DD #DD9455 #5ADD55

split-complementary

#559EDD #DD555A #DDD855

monochromatic

#1F6099 #2980CC #559EDD #88BBE7 #BBD8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#559EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#559EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EDD

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EDD	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7093DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bae8',
    500: '#559edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559edd;
$custom-light: #90bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.794,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67885,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EDD

secondary

#E1C5AD

accent

#8E3EEA

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EDD

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

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