#559FBD#559FBD

#559FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.086 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FBD
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 15.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -14.45, -22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 26.76, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.059 -0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.086 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3263, 30.3994, 52.6673)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#559FBD #BD7355

analogous

#55BDA7 #559FBD #556BBD

triadic

#559FBD #BD559F #9FBD55

tetradic

#559FBD #A755BD #BD7355 #6BBD55

square

#559FBD #A755BD #BD7355 #6BBD55

split-complementary

#559FBD #BD556B #BDA755

monochromatic

#2A5A6D #3C7E99 #559FBD #81B8CE #ADD1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#559FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#559FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559FBD

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FBD	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.086 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbbd1',
    500: '#559fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fbd;
$custom-light: #8dbbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66649,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FBD

secondary

#CDADA1

accent

#7954D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FBD

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

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