#59B3CA#59B3CA

#59B3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.092 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3CA
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 202)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -20.34, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 28.42, 224.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0736 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.092 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8964, 38.6254, 61.6929)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3CA #CA7059

analogous

#59CAA8 #59B3CA #597BCA

triadic

#59B3CA #CA59B3 #B3CA59

tetradic

#59B3CA #A859CA #CA7059 #7BCA59

square

#59B3CA #A859CA #CA7059 #7BCA59

split-complementary

#59B3CA #CA597B #CAA859

monochromatic

#296E80 #3896AE #59B3CA #87C8D9 #B6DDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#59B3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#59B3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3CA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3CA	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.092 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cada',
    500: '#59b3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3ca;
$custom-light: #91cada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.212,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72024,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3CA

secondary

#D6B2A8

accent

#6A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3CA

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

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