#59A2BE#59A2BE

#59A2BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.084 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A2BE
RGB	rgb(89, 162, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -14.90, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 26.09, 235.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0591 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.084 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3309, 31.6799, 53.4325)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A2BE #BE7559

analogous

#59BEA8 #59A2BE #596FBE

triadic

#59A2BE #BE59A2 #A2BE59

tetradic

#59A2BE #A859BE #BE7559 #6FBE59

square

#59A2BE #A859BE #BE7559 #6FBE59

split-complementary

#59A2BE #BE596F #BEA859

monochromatic

#2C5E71 #3D829D #59A2BE #85BBCF #B1D3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#59A2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#59A2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A2BE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A2BE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 162, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.084 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbdd1',
    500: '#59a2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a2be;
$custom-light: #8fbdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.634,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67567,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A2BE

secondary

#CFB0A4

accent

#7854D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A2BE

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

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