#599BAD#599BAD

#599BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.072 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599BAD
RGB	rgb(89, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -16.07, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 22.61, 224.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0575 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.072 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3812, 28.5818, 43.8118)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599BAD #AD6B59

analogous

#59AD95 #599BAD #5971AD

triadic

#599BAD #AD599B #9BAD59

tetradic

#599BAD #9559AD #AD6B59 #71AD59

square

#599BAD #9559AD #AD6B59 #71AD59

split-complementary

#599BAD #AD5971 #AD9559

monochromatic

#2E535D #427886 #599BAD #82B4C1 #ABCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#599BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#599BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599BAD

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599BAD	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.072 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db8c5',
    500: '#599bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599bad;
$custom-light: #8db8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.857,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6524,
    "c": 0.07237,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599BAD

secondary

#C3A69E

accent

#755ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #599BAD

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

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