#59ABDD#59ABDD

#59ABDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ABDD
RGB	rgb(89, 171, 221)
HSL	hsl(203, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 22.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -10.37, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 34.36, 252.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0579 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.109 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7289, 36.4671, 73.7593)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ABDD #DD8B59

analogous

#59DDCD #59ABDD #5969DD

triadic

#59ABDD #DD59AB #ABDD59

tetradic

#59ABDD #CD59DD #DD8B59 #69DD59

square

#59ABDD #CD59DD #DD8B59 #69DD59

split-complementary

#59ABDD #DD5969 #DDCD59

monochromatic

#206D9C #2A90CF #59ABDD #8CC5E7 #BFDEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#59ABDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#59ABDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ABDD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ABDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ABDD	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59abdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 171, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c4e7',
    500: '#59abdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59abdd;
$custom-light: #93c4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59abdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ABDD

secondary

#E2C3B0

accent

#5D18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ABDD

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

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