#59A5CE#59A5CE

#59A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.097 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A5CE
RGB	rgb(89, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, -11.73, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 30.41, 247.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0566 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.097 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7113, 33.4877, 63.3313)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A5CE #CE8259

analogous

#59CEBD #59A5CE #596ACE

triadic

#59A5CE #CE59A5 #A5CE59

tetradic

#59A5CE #BD59CE #CE8259 #6ACE59

square

#59A5CE #BD59CE #CE8259 #6ACE59

split-complementary

#59A5CE #CE596A #CEBD59

monochromatic

#276485 #3588B5 #59A5CE #88BFDC #B8D8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#59A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#59A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A5CE

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A5CE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.097 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bfdd',
    500: '#59a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a5ce;
$custom-light: #91bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.026,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68942,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A5CE

secondary

#D9BAAA

accent

#7E4ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A5CE

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

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