#59A8CD#59A8CD

#59A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.095 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A8CD
RGB	rgb(89, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -13.66, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 29.57, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0603 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.095 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1377, 34.5342, 62.8760)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A8CD #CD7E59

analogous

#59CDB8 #59A8CD #596ECD

triadic

#59A8CD #CD59A8 #A8CD59

tetradic

#59A8CD #B859CD #CD7E59 #6ECD59

square

#59A8CD #B859CD #CD7E59 #6ECD59

split-complementary

#59A8CD #CD596E #CDB859

monochromatic

#286684 #368BB3 #59A8CD #88C1DB #B7D9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#59A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#59A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A8CD

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A8CD	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.095 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c1dc',
    500: '#59a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a8cd;
$custom-light: #91c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69589,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A8CD

secondary

#D8B8AA

accent

#794BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A8CD

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

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