#59A0CF#59A0CF

#59A0CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.100 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A0CF
RGB	rgb(89, 160, 207)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 22.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -8.68, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 31.99, 254.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0507 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.1 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9489, 31.7679, 63.6783)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A0CF #CF8859

analogous

#59CFC3 #59A0CF #5965CF

triadic

#59A0CF #CF59A0 #A0CF59

tetradic

#59A0CF #C359CF #CF8859 #65CF59

square

#59A0CF #C359CF #CF8859 #65CF59

split-complementary

#59A0CF #CF5965 #CFC359

monochromatic

#276187 #3583B6 #59A0CF #88BBDD #B8D6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#59A0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#59A0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A0CF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A0CF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 160, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.100 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bcdd',
    500: '#59a0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a0cf;
$custom-light: #91bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67842,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A0CF

secondary

#D9BDAA

accent

#8549DE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A0CF

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

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