#59ABC5#59ABC5

#59ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABC5
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -17.63, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 27.35, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0666 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.088 221)
XYZ	xyz(28.7569, 35.2783, 58.1064)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABC5 #C57359

analogous

#59C5A9 #59ABC5 #5975C5

triadic

#59ABC5 #C559AB #ABC559

tetradic

#59ABC5 #A959C5 #C57359 #75C559

square

#59ABC5 #A959C5 #C57359 #75C559

split-complementary

#59ABC5 #C55975 #C5A959

monochromatic

#2A6679 #3A8CA7 #59ABC5 #86C2D5 #B4D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#59ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#59ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABC5

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABC5	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4d6',
    500: '#59abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abc5;
$custom-light: #90c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.35281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABC5

secondary

#D3B1A7

accent

#7150D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABC5

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

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