#59A8BE#59A8BE

#59A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.084 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8BE
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -18.09, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 26.04, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0659 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.084 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4131, 33.8444, 53.7932)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8BE #BE6F59

analogous

#59BEA1 #59A8BE #5976BE

triadic

#59A8BE #BE59A8 #A8BE59

tetradic

#59A8BE #A159BE #BE6F59 #76BE59

square

#59A8BE #A159BE #BE6F59 #76BE59

split-complementary

#59A8BE #BE5976 #BEA159

monochromatic

#2C6271 #3D889D #59A8BE #85BFCF #B1D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#59A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#59A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8BE

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8BE	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.084 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2d1',
    500: '#59a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8be;
$custom-light: #8fc2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.069,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68974,
    "c": 0.0839,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8BE

secondary

#CFADA4

accent

#7054D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8BE

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

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