#59909C#59909C

#59909C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.061 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59909C
RGB	rgb(89, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -14.89, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 19.15, 219.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0509 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.061 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0917, 24.4692, 35.1103)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59909C #9C6559

analogous

#599C86 #59909C #596E9C

triadic

#59909C #9C5990 #909C59

tetradic

#59909C #86599C #9C6559 #6E9C59

square

#59909C #86599C #9C6559 #6E9C59

split-complementary

#59909C #9C596E #9C8659

monochromatic

#2D484E #436C75 #59909C #7DABB5 #A4C4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#59909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#59909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59909C

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59909C	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.061 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0b9',
    500: '#59909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59909c;
$custom-light: #8bb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.746,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6197,
    "c": 0.06075,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59909C

secondary

#B99E98

accent

#7564C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59909C

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

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