#59B2CC#59B2CC

#59B2CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2CC
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -19.24, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 28.69, 227.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0717 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.093 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9350, 38.3214, 62.8815)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2CC #CC7359

analogous

#59CCAC #59B2CC #5979CC

triadic

#59B2CC #CC59B2 #B2CC59

tetradic

#59B2CC #AC59CC #CC7359 #79CC59

square

#59B2CC #AC59CC #CC7359 #79CC59

split-complementary

#59B2CC #CC5979 #CCAC59

monochromatic

#286E83 #3696B1 #59B2CC #88C8DA #B7DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#59B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2CC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2CC	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#A2AECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9db',
    500: '#59b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2cc;
$custom-light: #91c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71869,
    "c": 0.09289,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2CC

secondary

#D8B4A9

accent

#6C4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2CC

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

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