#59ABCC#59ABCC

#59ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.093 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABCC
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -15.56, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 28.94, 237.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.064 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.093 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5776, 35.6066, 62.4291)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABCC #CC7A59

analogous

#59CCB3 #59ABCC #5972CC

triadic

#59ABCC #CC59AB #ABCC59

tetradic

#59ABCC #B359CC #CC7A59 #72CC59

square

#59ABCC #B359CC #CC7A59 #72CC59

split-complementary

#59ABCC #CC5972 #CCB359

monochromatic

#286983 #368EB1 #59ABCC #88C3DA #B7DAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#59ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#59ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABCC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABCC	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.093 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4db',
    500: '#59abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abcc;
$custom-light: #91c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.09327,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABCC

secondary

#D8B7A9

accent

#754BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABCC

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

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