#59B0DC#59B0DC

#59B0DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.105 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0DC
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 20%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -13.38, -30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 32.90, 246.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0636 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.105 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5585, 38.3387, 73.3806)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0DC #DC8559

analogous

#59DCC7 #59B0DC #596EDC

triadic

#59B0DC #DC59B0 #B0DC59

tetradic

#59B0DC #C759DC #DC8559 #6EDC59

square

#59B0DC #C759DC #DC8559 #6EDC59

split-complementary

#59B0DC #DC596E #DCC759

monochromatic

#20719A #2B96CD #59B0DC #8CC8E7 #BEE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#59B0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0DC

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0DC	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.105 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e7',
    500: '#59b0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0dc;
$custom-light: #93c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.153,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72075,
    "c": 0.10537,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0DC

secondary

#E1C0AF

accent

#5518CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0DC

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

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