#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
RGBrgb(85, 159, 201)
HSLhsl(202, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(57.7%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(62.46, -10.79, -28.52)
CIE-LCHlch(62.46, 30.50, 249.28°)
OKLaboklab(67.17% -0.0546 -0.0797)
OKLCHoklch(67.17% 0.097 235.6)
XYZxyz(26.6831, 30.9422, 59.8133)
Luminance0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##559FC91.002.927.197.19
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1921.001.001.00
##0000007.1921.001.001.00

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

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#559FC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva