#59B2CD#59B2CD

#59B2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2CD
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -18.95, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 28.87, 228.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.0713 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.093 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0553, 38.3695, 63.5152)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2CD #CD7459

analogous

#59CDAE #59B2CD #5978CD

triadic

#59B2CD #CD59B2 #B2CD59

tetradic

#59B2CD #AE59CD #CD7459 #78CD59

square

#59B2CD #AE59CD #CD7459 #78CD59

split-complementary

#59B2CD #CD5978 #CDAE59

monochromatic

#286E84 #3696B3 #59B2CD #88C8DB #B7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#59B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2CD

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2CD	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9dc',
    500: '#59b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2cd;
$custom-light: #91c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2CD

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2CD

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

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