#59AABC#59AABC

#59AABC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.083 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AABC
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(191, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -19.71, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 25.92, 220.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.069 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.083 214)
XYZ	xyz(27.5681, 34.5017, 52.7739)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AABC #BC6B59

analogous

#59BC9D #59AABC #5979BC

triadic

#59AABC #BC59AA #AABC59

tetradic

#59AABC #9D59BC #BC6B59 #79BC59

square

#59AABC #9D59BC #BC6B59 #79BC59

split-complementary

#59AABC #BC5979 #BC9D59

monochromatic

#2C626E #3E899A #59AABC #85C0CE #B0D7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#59AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#59AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AABC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AABC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.083 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fc3d0',
    500: '#59aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aabc;
$custom-light: #8fc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69367,
    "c": 0.08325,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.34504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AABC

secondary

#CDABA3

accent

#6C56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AABC

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

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