#59A3CE#59A3CE

#59A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.097 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A3CE
RGB	rgb(89, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(202, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -10.64, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 30.85, 249.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0544 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.097 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3534, 32.7719, 63.2120)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A3CE #CE8459

analogous

#59CEBE #59A3CE #5968CE

triadic

#59A3CE #CE59A3 #A3CE59

tetradic

#59A3CE #BE59CE #CE8459 #68CE59

square

#59A3CE #BE59CE #CE8459 #68CE59

split-complementary

#59A3CE #CE5968 #CEBE59

monochromatic

#276385 #3586B5 #59A3CE #88BDDC #B8D7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#59A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#59A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A3CE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A3CE	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)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.097 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bedd',
    500: '#59a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a3ce;
$custom-light: #91bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.051,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68483,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A3CE

secondary

#D9BBAA

accent

#804ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A3CE

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

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