#59A2BC#59A2BC

#59A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.082 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A2BC
RGB	rgb(89, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -15.49, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 25.62, 232.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0598 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.082 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1138, 31.5931, 52.2891)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A2BC #BC7359

analogous

#59BCA5 #59A2BC #5971BC

triadic

#59A2BC #BC59A2 #A2BC59

tetradic

#59A2BC #A559BC #BC7359 #71BC59

square

#59A2BC #A559BC #BC7359 #71BC59

split-complementary

#59A2BC #BC5971 #BCA559

monochromatic

#2C5D6E #3E829A #59A2BC #85BACE #B0D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#59A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#59A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A2BC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A2BC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.082 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbdd0',
    500: '#59a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a2bc;
$custom-light: #8fbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.758,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67486,
    "c": 0.08235,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A2BC

secondary

#CDAEA3

accent

#7656D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A2BC

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

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