#59B3CD#59B3CD

#59B3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.094 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3CD
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -19.47, -21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 28.88, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0724 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.094 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2550, 38.7689, 63.5818)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3CD #CD7359

analogous

#59CDAD #59B3CD #5979CD

triadic

#59B3CD #CD59B3 #B3CD59

tetradic

#59B3CD #AD59CD #CD7359 #79CD59

square

#59B3CD #AD59CD #CD7359 #79CD59

split-complementary

#59B3CD #CD5979 #CDAD59

monochromatic

#286F84 #3697B3 #59B3CD #88C9DB #B7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#59B3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#59B3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3CD

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3CD	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.094 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cadc',
    500: '#59b3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3cd;
$custom-light: #91cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3CD

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3CD

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

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