#59A5CD#59A5CD

#59A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.096 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5CD
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -12.03, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 30.08, 246.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0569 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.096 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5903, 33.4393, 62.6935)
Luminance	0.3344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5CD #CD8159

analogous

#59CDBB #59A5CD #596BCD

triadic

#59A5CD #CD59A5 #A5CD59

tetradic

#59A5CD #BB59CD #CD8159 #6BCD59

square

#59A5CD #BB59CD #CD8159 #6BCD59

split-complementary

#59A5CD #CD596B #CDBB59

monochromatic

#286484 #3688B3 #59A5CD #88BEDB #B7D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#59A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#59A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5CD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5CD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.096 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfdc',
    500: '#59a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5cd;
$custom-light: #91bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68898,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5CD

secondary

#D8BAAA

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5CD

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

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