#559FB4#559FB4

#559FB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.080 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FB4
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -17.11, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 24.80, 226.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0625 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.08 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3795, 30.0207, 47.6810)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FB4 #B46A55

analogous

#55B49A #559FB4 #5570B4

triadic

#559FB4 #B4559F #9FB455

tetradic

#559FB4 #9A55B4 #B46A55 #70B455

square

#559FB4 #9A55B4 #B46A55 #70B455

split-complementary

#559FB4 #B45570 #B49A55

monochromatic

#2C5763 #3E7C8D #559FB4 #7FB7C7 #AACFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#559FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#559FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559FB4

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FB4	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.080 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbca',
    500: '#559fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fb4;
$custom-light: #8cbbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.263,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FB4

secondary

#C7A79E

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FB4

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

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