#559FAC#559FAC

#559FAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.076 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FAC
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(189, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -19.40, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 23.85, 215.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0657 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.076 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5879, 29.7041, 43.5122)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FAC #AC6255

analogous

#55AC8E #559FAC #5573AC

triadic

#559FAC #AC559F #9FAC55

tetradic

#559FAC #8E55AC #AC6255 #73AC55

square

#559FAC #8E55AC #AC6255 #73AC55

split-complementary

#559FAC #AC5573 #AC8E55

monochromatic

#2C545A #407A84 #559FAC #7EB6C0 #A7CDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#559FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#559FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FAC

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FAC	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.076 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbc4',
    500: '#559fac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fac;
$custom-light: #8bbbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.966,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65972,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FAC

secondary

#C2A19B

accent

#6E5DCA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FAC

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

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