#599CBB#599CBB

#599CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.082 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599CBB
RGB	rgb(89, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -12.55, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 25.84, 240.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0533 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.082 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9746, 29.4865, 51.3794)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599CBB #BB7859

analogous

#59BBA9 #599CBB #596BBB

triadic

#599CBB #BB599C #9CBB59

tetradic

#599CBB #A959BB #BB7859 #6BBB59

square

#599CBB #A959BB #BB7859 #6BBB59

split-complementary

#599CBB #BB596B #BBA959

monochromatic

#2D596D #3E7C98 #599CBB #84B6CD #B0D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#599CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#599CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599CBB

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599CBB	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BA5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.082 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb9cf',
    500: '#599cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599cbb;
$custom-light: #8fb9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66043,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599CBB

secondary

#CDB0A3

accent

#7D56D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #599CBB

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

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