#59A8BC#59A8BC

#59A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.083 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8BC
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -18.67, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 25.74, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% -0.0667 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.083 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1960, 33.7576, 52.6499)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8BC #BC6D59

analogous

#59BC9F #59A8BC #5977BC

triadic

#59A8BC #BC59A8 #A8BC59

tetradic

#59A8BC #9F59BC #BC6D59 #77BC59

square

#59A8BC #9F59BC #BC6D59 #77BC59

split-complementary

#59A8BC #BC5977 #BC9F59

monochromatic

#2C616E #3E879A #59A8BC #85BFCE #B0D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#59A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#59A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8BC

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8BC	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.083 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2d0',
    500: '#59a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8bc;
$custom-light: #8fc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68895,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8BC

secondary

#CDACA3

accent

#6F56D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8BC

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

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