#559EDE#559EDE

#559EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559EDE
RGB	rgb(85, 158, 222)
HSL	hsl(208, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 28.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -3.57, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 39.43, 264.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0467 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.12 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1531, 31.6561, 73.6670)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559EDE #DE9555

analogous

#55DED9 #559EDE #5559DE

triadic

#559EDE #DE559E #9EDE55

tetradic

#559EDE #D955DE #DE9555 #59DE55

square

#559EDE #D955DE #DE9555 #59DE55

split-complementary

#559EDE #DE5559 #DED955

monochromatic

#1E609B #2880CE #559EDE #88BBE8 #BCD8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#559EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#559EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559EDE

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559EDE	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7093DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 158, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 247.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bae8',
    500: '#559ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559ede;
$custom-light: #91bae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.029,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67935,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559EDE

secondary

#E2C6AD

accent

#6D16CF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #559EDE

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

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