#59A8BF#59A8BF

#59A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.084 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8BF
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, -17.80, -19.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 26.21, 227.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0656 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.084 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5228, 33.8883, 54.3708)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8BF #BF7059

analogous

#59BFA3 #59A8BF #5975BF

triadic

#59A8BF #BF59A8 #A8BF59

tetradic

#59A8BF #A359BF #BF7059 #75BF59

square

#59A8BF #A359BF #BF7059 #75BF59

split-complementary

#59A8BF #BF5975 #BFA359

monochromatic

#2C6272 #3D889E #59A8BF #85BFD0 #B1D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#59A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#59A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8BF

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8BF	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.084 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc2d2',
    500: '#59a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8bf;
$custom-light: #8fc2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.529,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69013,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8BF

secondary

#CFAEA4

accent

#7154D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8BF

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

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