#59B2C7#59B2C7

#59B2C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.090 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2C7
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 199)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -20.70, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 27.95, 222.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0736 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.09 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3450, 38.0853, 59.7738)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2C7 #C76E59

analogous

#59C7A5 #59B2C7 #597BC7

triadic

#59B2C7 #C759B2 #B2C759

tetradic

#59B2C7 #A559C7 #C76E59 #7BC759

square

#59B2C7 #A559C7 #C76E59 #7BC759

split-complementary

#59B2C7 #C7597B #C7A559

monochromatic

#2A6C7C #3994AA #59B2C7 #87C7D6 #B5DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#59B2C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#59B2C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2C7

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2C7	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.090 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9d8',
    500: '#59b2c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2c7;
$custom-light: #91c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.455,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2C7

secondary

#D4B0A7

accent

#694FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2C7

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

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