#559da8

Color #559da8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.32 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.5

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Conversions

HEX

#559da8

RGB

rgb(85, 157, 168)

HSL

hsl(188, 32.8%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188, 49.4%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(60.67, -19.48, -12.71)

LCH

lch(60.67, 23.26, 213.12)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0739, 208.37)

HWB

hwb(188, 33.3%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a86055

Analogous

#55a88a

#559da8

#5573a8

Triadic

#559da8

#a8559d

#9da855

Split-complementary

#559da8

#a85573

#a88a55

Tetradic

#559da8

#6055a8

#a86055

#9da855

Square

#559da8

#8a55a8

#a86055

#73a855

Shades

Color #559da8 mixed toward black.

#47838c

#396970

#2a4e54

#1c3438

#0e1a1c

Tints

Color #559da8 mixed toward white.

#71aeb7

#8dbec5

#aaced4

#c6dee2

#e3eff1

Tones

Color #559da8 mixed toward gray.

#5c98a1

#63939a

#6a8e93

#71898c

#788485

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7ba5 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#7771a5 · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#5aa3a3 · ΔE 5

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 18.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #559da8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#559da8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#559da8 (#559da8) is rgb(85, 157, 168) in RGB.

No, #559da8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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