#559FBA#559FBA

#559FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.084 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FBA
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 186)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -15.34, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 26.01, 233.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0601 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.084 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0040, 30.2705, 50.9700)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FBA #BA7055

analogous

#55BAA2 #559FBA #556CBA

triadic

#559FBA #BA559F #9FBA55

tetradic

#559FBA #A255BA #BA7055 #6CBA55

square

#559FBA #A255BA #BA7055 #6CBA55

split-complementary

#559FBA #BA556C #BAA255

monochromatic

#2B596A #3D7E95 #559FBA #81B8CC #ACD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#559FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#559FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559FBA

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FBA	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.084 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbce',
    500: '#559fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fba;
$custom-light: #8cbbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66525,
    "c": 0.08377,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FBA

secondary

#CBABA0

accent

#7756D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FBA

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

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