#59A1CD#59A1CD

#59A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.097 H 237.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A1CD
RGB	rgb(89, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -9.85, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 30.96, 251.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0525 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.097 237.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8800, 32.0189, 62.4568)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A1CD #CD8559

analogous

#59CDBF #59A1CD #5967CD

triadic

#59A1CD #CD59A1 #A1CD59

tetradic

#59A1CD #BF59CD #CD8559 #67CD59

square

#59A1CD #BF59CD #CD8559 #67CD59

split-complementary

#59A1CD #CD5967 #CDBF59

monochromatic

#286184 #3683B3 #59A1CD #88BCDB #B7D6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#59A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#59A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A1CD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A1CD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.097 237.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bcdc',
    500: '#59a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a1cd;
$custom-light: #91bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.759,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6798,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 237.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A1CD

secondary

#D8BBAA

accent

#824BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A1CD

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

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