#59A9CD#59A9CD

#59A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.094 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A9CD
RGB	rgb(89, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -14.19, -25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 29.43, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.0614 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.094 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3230, 34.9049, 62.9378)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A9CD #CD7D59

analogous

#59CDB7 #59A9CD #596FCD

triadic

#59A9CD #CD59A9 #A9CD59

tetradic

#59A9CD #B759CD #CD7D59 #6FCD59

square

#59A9CD #B759CD #CD7D59 #6FCD59

split-complementary

#59A9CD #CD596F #CDB759

monochromatic

#286784 #368CB3 #59A9CD #88C1DB #B7DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#59A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#59A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59A9CD

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A9CD	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.094 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c2dc',
    500: '#59a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a9cd;
$custom-light: #91c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6982,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A9CD

secondary

#D8B8AA

accent

#784BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A9CD

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

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