#559FB2#559FB2

#559FB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.079 H 216.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FB2
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(192, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -17.69, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 24.49, 223.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% -0.0633 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.079 216.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1772, 29.9398, 46.6157)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FB2 #B26855

analogous

#55B297 #559FB2 #5571B2

triadic

#559FB2 #B2559F #9FB255

tetradic

#559FB2 #9755B2 #B26855 #71B255

square

#559FB2 #9755B2 #B26855 #71B255

split-complementary

#559FB2 #B25571 #B29755

monochromatic

#2C5661 #3F7B8B #559FB2 #7FB7C5 #A9CFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#559FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#559FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #559FB2

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FB2	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8490B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.079 216.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbc9',
    500: '#559fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fb2;
$custom-light: #8cbbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.258,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66203,
    "c": 0.07875,
    "h": 216.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FB2

secondary

#C6A59D

accent

#725ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FB2

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

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