#59A3CD#59A3CD

#59A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.096 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3CD
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -10.94, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 30.49, 248.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% -0.0547 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.096 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2323, 32.7235, 62.5742)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3CD #CD8359

analogous

#59CDBD #59A3CD #5969CD

triadic

#59A3CD #CD59A3 #A3CD59

tetradic

#59A3CD #BD59CD #CD8359 #69CD59

square

#59A3CD #BD59CD #CD8359 #69CD59

split-complementary

#59A3CD #CD5969 #CDBD59

monochromatic

#286384 #3686B3 #59A3CD #88BDDB #B7D7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#59A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#59A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3CD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3CD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.096 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bedc',
    500: '#59a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3cd;
$custom-light: #91bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.724,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68438,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3CD

secondary

#D8BAAA

accent

#804BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3CD

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

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