#59B2CB#59B2CB

#59B2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.092 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2CB
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -19.54, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 28.52, 226.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0721 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.092 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8155, 38.2735, 62.2519)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2CB #CB7259

analogous

#59CBAB #59B2CB #5979CB

triadic

#59B2CB #CB59B2 #B2CB59

tetradic

#59B2CB #AB59CB #CB7259 #79CB59

square

#59B2CB #AB59CB #CB7259 #79CB59

split-complementary

#59B2CB #CB5979 #CBAB59

monochromatic

#286E81 #3795B0 #59B2CB #88C8DA #B6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#59B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2CB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2CB	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.092 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9da',
    500: '#59b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2cb;
$custom-light: #91c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7183,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2CB

secondary

#D7B3A9

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2CB

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

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