#59ABD3#59ABD3

#59ABD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.099 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABD3
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 211)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 19%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -13.45, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 30.94, 244.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0614 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.099 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4361, 35.9500, 66.9505)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABD3 #D38159

analogous

#59D3BE #59ABD3 #596ED3

triadic

#59ABD3 #D359AB #ABD359

tetradic

#59ABD3 #BE59D3 #D38159 #6ED359

square

#59ABD3 #BE59D3 #D38159 #6ED359

split-complementary

#59ABD3 #D3596E #D3BE59

monochromatic

#256B8C #328FBD #59ABD3 #89C3E0 #BADCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#59ABD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#59ABD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABD3

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABD3	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869CD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.099 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4e0',
    500: '#59abd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abd3;
$custom-light: #92c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.672,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70538,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABD3

secondary

#DCBCAC

accent

#7946E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABD3

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

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