#559FA9#559FA9

#559FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.075 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FA9
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 50%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -20.24, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 23.70, 211.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.067 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.075 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3031, 29.5902, 42.0119)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FA9 #A95F55

analogous

#55A989 #559FA9 #5575A9

triadic

#559FA9 #A9559F #9FA955

tetradic

#559FA9 #8955A9 #A95F55 #75A955

square

#559FA9 #8955A9 #A95F55 #75A955

split-complementary

#559FA9 #A95575 #A98955

monochromatic

#2C5258 #417980 #559FA9 #7DB6BE #A6CDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#559FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#559FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FA9

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FA9	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8790A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.075 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc2',
    500: '#559fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fa9;
$custom-light: #8bbbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FA9

secondary

#C09E9A

accent

#6B5FC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FA9

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

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