#559FA3#559FA3

#559FA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.074 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA3
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -21.90, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 23.77, 202.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0695 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.074 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7527, 29.3700, 39.1132)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA3 #A35955

analogous

#55A380 #559FA3 #5578A3

triadic

#559FA3 #A3559F #9FA355

tetradic

#559FA3 #8055A3 #A35955 #78A355

square

#559FA3 #8055A3 #A35955 #78A355

split-complementary

#559FA3 #A35578 #A38055

monochromatic

#2B5153 #40787B #559FA3 #7BB7BA #A3CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#559FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA3

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA3	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9699A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.074 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbe',
    500: '#559fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa3;
$custom-light: #8bbbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65642,
    "c": 0.07403,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA3

secondary

#BD9997

accent

#6560C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA3

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

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