#59AECE#59AECE

#59AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.094 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59AECE
RGB	rgb(89, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -16.56, -24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 29.20, 235.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0665 -0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.094 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3921, 36.8493, 63.8915)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59AECE #CE7959

analogous

#59CEB3 #59AECE #5973CE

triadic

#59AECE #CE59AE #AECE59

tetradic

#59AECE #B359CE #CE7959 #73CE59

square

#59AECE #B359CE #CE7959 #73CE59

split-complementary

#59AECE #CE5973 #CEB359

monochromatic

#276C85 #3592B5 #59AECE #88C5DC #B8DCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#59AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#59AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59AECE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59AECE	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9ECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.094 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6dd',
    500: '#59aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59aece;
$custom-light: #91c6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7102,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59AECE

secondary

#D9B7AA

accent

#724ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59AECE

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

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