#599CBC#599CBC

#599CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.083 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599CBC
RGB	rgb(89, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(199, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -12.25, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 26.14, 242.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0529 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.083 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0820, 29.5295, 51.9452)
Luminance	0.2953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599CBC #BC7959

analogous

#59BCAB #599CBC #596BBC

triadic

#599CBC #BC599C #9CBC59

tetradic

#599CBC #AB59BC #BC7959 #6BBC59

square

#599CBC #AB59BC #BC7959 #6BBC59

split-complementary

#599CBC #BC596B #BCAB59

monochromatic

#2C596E #3E7C9A #599CBC #85B6CE #B0D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#599CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#599CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599CBC

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599CBC	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.083 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fb9d0',
    500: '#599cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599cbc;
$custom-light: #8fb9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66085,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599CBC

secondary

#CDB1A3

accent

#7E56D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #599CBC

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

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