#59A3BC#59A3BC

#59A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.082 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3BC
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -16.03, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 25.59, 231.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.061 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.082 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2907, 31.9468, 52.3481)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3BC #BC7259

analogous

#59BCA4 #59A3BC #5972BC

triadic

#59A3BC #BC59A3 #A3BC59

tetradic

#59A3BC #A459BC #BC7259 #72BC59

square

#59A3BC #A459BC #BC7259 #72BC59

split-complementary

#59A3BC #BC5972 #BCA459

monochromatic

#2C5E6E #3E839A #59A3BC #85BBCE #B0D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#59A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#59A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3BC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3BC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8694BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.082 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbed0',
    500: '#59a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3bc;
$custom-light: #8fbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.152,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6772,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3BC

secondary

#CDAEA3

accent

#7556D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3BC

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

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