#559FA6#559FA6

#559FA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.074 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA6
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -21.08, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 23.67, 207.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0682 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.074 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0247, 29.4788, 40.5456)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA6 #A65C55

analogous

#55A685 #559FA6 #5577A6

triadic

#559FA6 #A6559F #9FA655

tetradic

#559FA6 #8555A6 #A65C55 #77A655

square

#559FA6 #8555A6 #A65C55 #77A655

split-complementary

#559FA6 #A65577 #A68555

monochromatic

#2C5155 #40787E #559FA6 #7CB7BC #A5CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#559FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#559FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA6

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA6	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.074 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc0',
    500: '#559fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa6;
$custom-light: #8bbbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.185,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6575,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA6

secondary

#BE9C99

accent

#685FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA6

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

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