#59B0DB#59B0DB

#59B0DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.104 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0DB
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 219)
HSL	hsl(200, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -13.69, -29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 32.58, 245.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.064 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.104 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4264, 38.2859, 72.6851)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0DB #DB8459

analogous

#59DBC5 #59B0DB #596FDB

triadic

#59B0DB #DB59B0 #B0DB59

tetradic

#59B0DB #C559DB #DB8459 #6FDB59

square

#59B0DB #C559DB #DB8459 #6FDB59

split-complementary

#59B0DB #DB596F #DBC559

monochromatic

#217199 #2C96CB #59B0DB #8BC8E6 #BEE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#59B0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#59B0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0DB

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0DB	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A0DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.104 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e6',
    500: '#59b0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0db;
$custom-light: #93c7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0DB

secondary

#E1BFAF

accent

#5419CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0DB

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

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