#59A8CA#59A8CA

#59A8CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.092 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8CA
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -14.56, -24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 28.71, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0614 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.092 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7791, 34.3908, 60.9871)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8CA #CA7B59

analogous

#59CAB4 #59A8CA #5970CA

triadic

#59A8CA #CA59A8 #A8CA59

tetradic

#59A8CA #B459CA #CA7B59 #70CA59

square

#59A8CA #B459CA #CA7B59 #70CA59

split-complementary

#59A8CA #CA5970 #CAB459

monochromatic

#296680 #388BAE #59A8CA #87C0D9 #B6D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#59A8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#59A8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8CA

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8CA	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.092 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1da',
    500: '#59a8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8ca;
$custom-light: #91c1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.053,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69462,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8CA

secondary

#D6B6A8

accent

#784DDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8CA

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

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