#59B3CE#59B3CE

#59B3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.094 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B3CE
RGB	rgb(89, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -19.18, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 29.06, 228.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.072 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.094 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3761, 38.8173, 64.2195)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B3CE #CE7459

analogous

#59CEAE #59B3CE #5978CE

triadic

#59B3CE #CE59B3 #B3CE59

tetradic

#59B3CE #AE59CE #CE7459 #78CE59

square

#59B3CE #AE59CE #CE7459 #78CE59

split-complementary

#59B3CE #CE5978 #CEAE59

monochromatic

#277085 #3597B5 #59B3CE #88C9DC #B8DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#59B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#59B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B3CE

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B3CE	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.094 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9dd',
    500: '#59b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b3ce;
$custom-light: #92c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72182,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B3CE

secondary

#D9B5AA

accent

#6C4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B3CE

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

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