#59ABC8#59ABC8

#59ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.090 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABC8
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -16.75, -22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 27.97, 233.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0655 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.09 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1040, 35.4171, 59.9348)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABC8 #C87659

analogous

#59C8AE #59ABC8 #5974C8

triadic

#59ABC8 #C859AB #ABC859

tetradic

#59ABC8 #AE59C8 #C87659 #74C859

square

#59ABC8 #AE59C8 #C87659 #74C859

split-complementary

#59ABC8 #C85974 #C8AE59

monochromatic

#29677D #398DAB #59ABC8 #87C2D7 #B5DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#59ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#59ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABC8

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABC8	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.090 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4d8',
    500: '#59abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abc8;
$custom-light: #90c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70076,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABC8

secondary

#D5B4A8

accent

#734EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABC8

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

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