#59B8CD#59B8CD

#59B8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B8CD
RGB	rgb(89, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -22.04, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 29.18, 220.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0779 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.094 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2754, 40.8095, 63.9219)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B8CD #CD6E59

analogous

#59CDA8 #59B8CD #597ECD

triadic

#59B8CD #CD59B8 #B8CD59

tetradic

#59B8CD #A859CD #CD6E59 #7ECD59

square

#59B8CD #A859CD #CD6E59 #7ECD59

split-complementary

#59B8CD #CD597E #CDA859

monochromatic

#287384 #369CB3 #59B8CD #88CCDB #B7E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#59B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#59B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B8CD

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B8CD	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cddc',
    500: '#59b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b8cd;
$custom-light: #92cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B8CD

secondary

#D8B2AA

accent

#654BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B8CD

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

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