#59ABC6#59ABC6

#59ABC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.089 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABC6
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -17.34, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 27.55, 230.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.0662 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.089 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8718, 35.3243, 58.7119)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABC6 #C67459

analogous

#59C6AB #59ABC6 #5975C6

triadic

#59ABC6 #C659AB #ABC659

tetradic

#59ABC6 #AB59C6 #C67459 #75C659

square

#59ABC6 #AB59C6 #C67459 #75C659

split-complementary

#59ABC6 #C65975 #C6AB59

monochromatic

#2A677B #3A8DA8 #59ABC6 #87C2D6 #B4D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#59ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#59ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABC6

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABC6	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)

#9BA7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.089 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4d7',
    500: '#59abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abc6;
$custom-light: #90c4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.862,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69995,
    "c": 0.08897,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABC6

secondary

#D4B2A7

accent

#714FD8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABC6

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

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