#559FCD#559FCD

#559FCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.101 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#559FCD
RGB	rgb(85, 159, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 22.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -9.55, -30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 31.97, 252.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0532 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.101 238)
XYZ	xyz(27.1598, 31.1328, 62.3237)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#559FCD #CD8355

analogous

#55CDBF #559FCD #5563CD

triadic

#559FCD #CD559F #9FCD55

tetradic

#559FCD #BF55CD #CD8355 #63CD55

square

#559FCD #BF55CD #CD8355 #63CD55

split-complementary

#559FCD #CD5563 #CDBF55

monochromatic

#265E82 #3481B1 #559FCD #84BADB #B4D4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#559FCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#559FCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #559FCD

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##559FCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##559FCD	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #559fcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 159, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.101 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebbdc',
    500: '#559fcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #559fcd;
$custom-light: #8ebbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#559fcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6735,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.31135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#559FCD

secondary

#D7B9A6

accent

#834ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #559FCD

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

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