#59ACD3#59ACD3

#59ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59ACD3
RGB	rgb(89, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -13.99, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 30.78, 242.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0625 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.099 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6257, 36.3292, 67.0137)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59ACD3 #D38059

analogous

#59D3BD #59ACD3 #596FD3

triadic

#59ACD3 #D359AC #ACD359

tetradic

#59ACD3 #BD59D3 #D38059 #6FD359

square

#59ACD3 #BD59D3 #D38059 #6FD359

split-complementary

#59ACD3 #D3596F #D3BD59

monochromatic

#256B8C #3290BD #59ACD3 #89C4E0 #BADCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#59ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#59ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59ACD3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59ACD3	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c4e0',
    500: '#59acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59acd3;
$custom-light: #92c4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.18,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59ACD3

secondary

#DCBBAC

accent

#7846E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #59ACD3

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

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