#559FC9#559FC9

#559FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.097 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FC9
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -10.79, -28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 30.50, 249.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0546 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.097 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6831, 30.9422, 59.8133)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FC9 #C97F55

analogous

#55C9B9 #559FC9 #5565C9

triadic

#559FC9 #C9559F #9FC955

tetradic

#559FC9 #B955C9 #C97F55 #65C955

square

#559FC9 #B955C9 #C97F55 #65C955

split-complementary

#559FC9 #C95565 #C9B955

monochromatic

#275D7C #3680AB #559FC9 #83B9D8 #B2D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#559FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#559FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559FC9

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FC9	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B92C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.097 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebbd9',
    500: '#559fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fc9;
$custom-light: #8ebbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FC9

secondary

#D5B6A5

accent

#804DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FC9

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

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