#59A0CD#59A0CD

#59A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.098 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A0CD
RGB	rgb(89, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, -9.29, -29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 31.21, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0514 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.098 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7060, 31.6708, 62.3988)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A0CD #CD8659

analogous

#59CDC0 #59A0CD #5966CD

triadic

#59A0CD #CD59A0 #A0CD59

tetradic

#59A0CD #C059CD #CD8659 #66CD59

square

#59A0CD #C059CD #CD8659 #66CD59

split-complementary

#59A0CD #CD5966 #CDC059

monochromatic

#286084 #3682B3 #59A0CD #88BBDB #B7D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#59A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#59A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A0CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A0CD	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.098 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90bcdc',
    500: '#59a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a0cd;
$custom-light: #90bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67751,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A0CD

secondary

#D8BCAA

accent

#834BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A0CD

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

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