#59909E#59909E

#59909E is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.062 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59909E
RGB	rgb(89, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 44%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -14.34, -13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 19.42, 222.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0501 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.062 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.2624, 24.5375, 36.0096)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59909E #9E6759

analogous

#599E89 #59909E #596D9E

triadic

#59909E #9E5990 #909E59

tetradic

#59909E #89599E #9E6759 #6D9E59

square

#59909E #89599E #9E6759 #6D9E59

split-complementary

#59909E #9E596D #9E8959

monochromatic

#2D4950 #436C77 #59909E #7EABB6 #A5C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#59909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#59909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59909E

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59909E	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.062 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb0ba',
    500: '#59909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59909e;
$custom-light: #8cb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.174,
    "s": 27.935,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62046,
    "c": 0.06171,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59909E

secondary

#BA9F99

accent

#7764C4

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #59909E

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

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