#559FA4#559FA4

#559FA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.074 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA4
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.2%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -21.63, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 23.72, 204.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0691 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.074 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8427, 29.4060, 39.5869)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA4 #A45A55

analogous

#55A482 #559FA4 #5578A4

triadic

#559FA4 #A4559F #9FA455

tetradic

#559FA4 #8255A4 #A45A55 #78A455

square

#559FA4 #8255A4 #A45A55 #78A455

split-complementary

#559FA4 #A45578 #A48255

monochromatic

#2B5153 #40787C #559FA4 #7BB7BB #A4CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#559FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA4

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA4	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.074 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbf',
    500: '#559fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa4;
$custom-light: #8bbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.797,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65677,
    "c": 0.07413,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA4

secondary

#BD9A98

accent

#6660C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA4

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

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