#559F8A#559F8A

#559F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.081 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559F8A
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 47%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -28.31, 3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 28.56, 172.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% -0.0807 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.081 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7300, 28.5609, 28.4602)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559F8A #9F556A

analogous

#559F65 #559F8A #558F9F

triadic

#559F8A #8A559F #9F8A55

tetradic

#559F8A #65559F #9F556A #8F9F55

square

#559F8A #65559F #9F556A #8F9F55

split-complementary

#559F8A #9F558F #9F6555

monochromatic

#2A4F45 #407767 #559F8A #7AB8A6 #A1CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#559F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#559F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559F8A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559F8A	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3AA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.081 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbac',
    500: '#559f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559f8a;
$custom-light: #89bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.973,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64829,
    "c": 0.08132,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559F8A

secondary

#BA95A0

accent

#617EC7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #559F8A

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

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