#59A9BF#59A9BF

#59A9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.085 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9BF
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -18.33, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 26.25, 225.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0667 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.085 218)
XYZ	xyz(27.7081, 34.2589, 54.4326)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9BF #BF6F59

analogous

#59BFA2 #59A9BF #5976BF

triadic

#59A9BF #BF59A9 #A9BF59

tetradic

#59A9BF #A259BF #BF6F59 #76BF59

square

#59A9BF #A259BF #BF6F59 #76BF59

split-complementary

#59A9BF #BF5976 #BFA259

monochromatic

#2C6372 #3D899E #59A9BF #85C0D0 #B1D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#59A9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#59A9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9BF

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9BF	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.085 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c2d2',
    500: '#59a9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9bf;
$custom-light: #90c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.941,
    "s": 44.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69248,
    "c": 0.08459,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.34261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9BF

secondary

#CFAEA4

accent

#6F54D4

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9BF

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

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