#59B5CC#59B5CC

#59B5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B5CC
RGB	rgb(89, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -20.79, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 28.82, 223.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.075 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.093 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5385, 39.5282, 63.0827)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B5CC #CC7059

analogous

#59CCA9 #59B5CC #597CCC

triadic

#59B5CC #CC59B5 #B5CC59

tetradic

#59B5CC #A959CC #CC7059 #7CCC59

square

#59B5CC #A959CC #CC7059 #7CCC59

split-complementary

#59B5CC #CC597C #CCA959

monochromatic

#287083 #3699B1 #59B5CC #88CADA #B7DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#59B5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#59B5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B5CC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B5CC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbdb',
    500: '#59b5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b5cc;
$custom-light: #91cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B5CC

secondary

#D8B2A9

accent

#684BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B5CC

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

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