#59AECD#59AECD

#59AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.094 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AECD
RGB	rgb(89, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -16.85, -23.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 28.96, 234.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0669 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.094 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2711, 36.8009, 63.2538)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AECD #CD7859

analogous

#59CDB2 #59AECD #5974CD

triadic

#59AECD #CD59AE #AECD59

tetradic

#59AECD #B259CD #CD7859 #74CD59

square

#59AECD #B259CD #CD7859 #74CD59

split-complementary

#59AECD #CD5974 #CDB259

monochromatic

#286B84 #3692B3 #59AECD #88C5DB #B7DCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#59AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#59AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AECD

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AECD	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.094 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6dc',
    500: '#59aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aecd;
$custom-light: #91c6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AECD

secondary

#D8B6AA

accent

#724BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AECD

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

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