#59B0CD#59B0CD

#59B0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.093 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0CD
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -17.90, -22.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 28.89, 231.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0691 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.094 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6603, 37.5794, 63.3836)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0CD #CD7659

analogous

#59CDB0 #59B0CD #5976CD

triadic

#59B0CD #CD59B0 #B0CD59

tetradic

#59B0CD #B059CD #CD7659 #76CD59

square

#59B0CD #B059CD #CD7659 #76CD59

split-complementary

#59B0CD #CD5976 #CDB059

monochromatic

#286D84 #3694B3 #59B0CD #88C6DB #B7DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#59B0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#59B0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0CD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0CD	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.093 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7dc',
    500: '#59b0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0cd;
$custom-light: #91c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71443,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0CD

secondary

#D8B5AA

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0CD

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

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