#59A3CC#59A3CC

#59A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3CC
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -11.25, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 30.14, 248.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0551 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.096 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1120, 32.6753, 61.9405)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3CC #CC8259

analogous

#59CCBB #59A3CC #596ACC

triadic

#59A3CC #CC59A3 #A3CC59

tetradic

#59A3CC #BB59CC #CC8259 #6ACC59

square

#59A3CC #BB59CC #CC8259 #6ACC59

split-complementary

#59A3CC #CC596A #CCBB59

monochromatic

#286283 #3686B1 #59A3CC #88BDDA #B7D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#59A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#59A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3CC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3CC	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bedb',
    500: '#59a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3cc;
$custom-light: #91bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.391,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68394,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3CC

secondary

#D8BAA9

accent

#7F4BDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3CC

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

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