#599DAD#599DAD

#599DAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.073 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599DAD
RGB	rgb(89, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -17.13, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 22.78, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0599 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.073 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7168, 29.2530, 43.9237)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599DAD #AD6959

analogous

#59AD93 #599DAD #5973AD

triadic

#599DAD #AD599D #9DAD59

tetradic

#599DAD #9359AD #AD6959 #73AD59

square

#599DAD #9359AD #AD6959 #73AD59

split-complementary

#599DAD #AD5973 #AD9359

monochromatic

#2E545D #427986 #599DAD #82B5C1 #ABCDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#599DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#599DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599DAD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599DAD	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CA3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.073 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbac5',
    500: '#599dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599dad;
$custom-light: #8dbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65714,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599DAD

secondary

#C3A59E

accent

#725ECA

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1112

muted

#7E8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #599DAD

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

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