#59B2CA#59B2CA

#59B2CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2CA
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 202)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -19.83, -20.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 28.37, 225.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0725 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.092 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6967, 38.2260, 61.6263)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2CA #CA7159

analogous

#59CAA9 #59B2CA #597ACA

triadic

#59B2CA #CA59B2 #B2CA59

tetradic

#59B2CA #A959CA #CA7159 #7ACA59

square

#59B2CA #A959CA #CA7159 #7ACA59

split-complementary

#59B2CA #CA597A #CAA959

monochromatic

#296D80 #3895AE #59B2CA #87C8D9 #B6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59B2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#59B2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2CA

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2CA	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ADCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9da',
    500: '#59b2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2ca;
$custom-light: #91c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.743,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2CA

secondary

#D6B2A8

accent

#6B4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2CA

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

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