#59A0CA#59A0CA

#59A0CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.095 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A0CA
RGB	rgb(89, 160, 202)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -10.22, -28.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 30.10, 250.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.0524 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.095 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3473, 31.5273, 60.5099)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A0CA #CA8359

analogous

#59CABC #59A0CA #5968CA

triadic

#59A0CA #CA59A0 #A0CA59

tetradic

#59A0CA #BC59CA #CA8359 #68CA59

square

#59A0CA #BC59CA #CA8359 #68CA59

split-complementary

#59A0CA #CA5968 #CABC59

monochromatic

#295F80 #3882AE #59A0CA #87BBD9 #B6D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#59A0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#59A0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A0CA

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A0CA	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 160, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.095 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcda',
    500: '#59a0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a0ca;
$custom-light: #90bcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67617,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A0CA

secondary

#D6BAA8

accent

#824DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A0CA

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

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