#59B8CC#59B8CC

#59B8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8CC
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -22.33, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 29.07, 219.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0783 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.094 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1550, 40.7614, 63.2882)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8CC #CC6D59

analogous

#59CCA7 #59B8CC #597ECC

triadic

#59B8CC #CC59B8 #B8CC59

tetradic

#59B8CC #A759CC #CC6D59 #7ECC59

square

#59B8CC #A759CC #CC6D59 #7ECC59

split-complementary

#59B8CC #CC597E #CCA759

monochromatic

#287383 #369CB1 #59B8CC #88CCDA #B7E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#59B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8CC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8CC	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cddb',
    500: '#59b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8cc;
$custom-light: #92cddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8CC

secondary

#D8B1A9

accent

#654BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8CC

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

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