#59AACC#59AACC

#59AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.093 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AACC
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -15.03, -24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 29.03, 238.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0629 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.093 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3895, 35.2302, 62.3664)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AACC #CC7B59

analogous

#59CCB4 #59AACC #5971CC

triadic

#59AACC #CC59AA #AACC59

tetradic

#59AACC #B459CC #CC7B59 #71CC59

square

#59AACC #B459CC #CC7B59 #71CC59

split-complementary

#59AACC #CC5971 #CCB459

monochromatic

#286883 #368DB1 #59AACC #88C2DA #B7DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#59AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#59AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AACC

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AACC	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.093 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3db',
    500: '#59aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aacc;
$custom-light: #91c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.739,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70009,
    "c": 0.09344,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AACC

secondary

#D8B7A9

accent

#764BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AACC

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

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