#599CC9#599CC9

#599CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.096 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599CC9
RGB	rgb(89, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -8.31, -29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 30.75, 254.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0483 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.096 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5470, 30.1155, 59.6609)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599CC9 #C98659

analogous

#59C9BE #599CC9 #5964C9

triadic

#599CC9 #C9599C #9CC959

tetradic

#599CC9 #BE59C9 #C98659 #64C959

square

#599CC9 #BE59C9 #C98659 #64C959

split-complementary

#599CC9 #C95964 #C9BE59

monochromatic

#295C7E #387EAD #599CC9 #87B8D8 #B5D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#599CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#599CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #599CC9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599CC9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.096 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9d9',
    500: '#599cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599cc9;
$custom-light: #90b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.107,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66655,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599CC9

secondary

#D6BAA8

accent

#864DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #599CC9

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

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