#59AACE#59AACE

#59AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AACE
RGB	rgb(89, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -14.43, -25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 29.59, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0621 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.095 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6309, 35.3268, 63.6378)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AACE #CE7D59

analogous

#59CEB8 #59AACE #596FCE

triadic

#59AACE #CE59AA #AACE59

tetradic

#59AACE #B859CE #CE7D59 #6FCE59

square

#59AACE #B859CE #CE7D59 #6FCE59

split-complementary

#59AACE #CE596F #CEB859

monochromatic

#276885 #358DB5 #59AACE #88C2DC #B8DAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#59AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#59AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AACE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AACE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c3dd',
    500: '#59aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aace;
$custom-light: #91c3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AACE

secondary

#D9B8AA

accent

#774ADE

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AACE

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

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