#559FA7#559FA7

#559FA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.075 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA7
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 167)
HSL	hsl(186, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -20.80, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 23.67, 208.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0678 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.075 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1168, 29.5156, 41.0306)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA7 #A75D55

analogous

#55A786 #559FA7 #5576A7

triadic

#559FA7 #A7559F #9FA755

tetradic

#559FA7 #8655A7 #A75D55 #76A755

square

#559FA7 #8655A7 #A75D55 #76A755

split-complementary

#559FA7 #A75576 #A78655

monochromatic

#2C5256 #40787E #559FA7 #7DB6BD #A5CDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#559FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#559FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA7

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA7	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#959AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.075 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc1',
    500: '#559fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa7;
$custom-light: #8bbbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.854,
    "s": 32.54,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65786,
    "c": 0.07463,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA7

secondary

#BF9D99

accent

#695FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA7

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

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