#59A3BF#59A3BF

#59A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.084 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3BF
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -15.15, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 26.27, 234.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0598 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.084 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6174, 32.0775, 54.0690)
Luminance	0.3208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3BF #BF7559

analogous

#59BFA8 #59A3BF #5970BF

triadic

#59A3BF #BF59A3 #A3BF59

tetradic

#59A3BF #A859BF #BF7559 #70BF59

square

#59A3BF #A859BF #BF7559 #70BF59

split-complementary

#59A3BF #BF5970 #BFA859

monochromatic

#2C5F72 #3D839E #59A3BF #85BBD0 #B1D4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#59A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#59A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3BF

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3BF	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8595BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.084 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbed2',
    500: '#59a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3bf;
$custom-light: #8fbed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.471,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67842,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3BF

secondary

#CFB0A4

accent

#7754D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3BF

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

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