#599DC9#599DC9

#599DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.095 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599DC9
RGB	rgb(89, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(204, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -8.87, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 30.47, 253.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0494 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.095 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7155, 30.4525, 59.7171)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#599DC9 #C98559

analogous

#59C9BD #599DC9 #5965C9

triadic

#599DC9 #C9599D #9DC959

tetradic

#599DC9 #BD59C9 #C98559 #65C959

square

#599DC9 #BD59C9 #C98559 #65C959

split-complementary

#599DC9 #C95965 #C9BD59

monochromatic

#295D7E #387FAD #599DC9 #87B8D8 #B5D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#599DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#599DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #599DC9

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599DC9	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.095 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90b9d9',
    500: '#599dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599dc9;
$custom-light: #90b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.571,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66884,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599DC9

secondary

#D6BAA8

accent

#854DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #599DC9

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

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