#559FA5#559FA5

#559FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.074 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA5
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -21.35, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 23.69, 205.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0687 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.074 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9333, 29.4422, 40.0644)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA5 #A55B55

analogous

#55A583 #559FA5 #5577A5

triadic

#559FA5 #A5559F #9FA555

tetradic

#559FA5 #8355A5 #A55B55 #77A555

square

#559FA5 #8355A5 #A55B55 #77A555

split-complementary

#559FA5 #A55577 #A58355

monochromatic

#2B5154 #40787D #559FA5 #7CB7BB #A4CDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#559FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA5

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA5	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.074 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbbf',
    500: '#559fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa5;
$custom-light: #8bbbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65713,
    "c": 0.07427,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA5

secondary

#BE9B98

accent

#6760C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA5

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

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