#59B0DD#59B0DD

#59B0DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.106 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0DD
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 221)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -13.08, -30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 33.23, 246.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0633 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.106 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6913, 38.3918, 74.0801)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0DD #DD8659

analogous

#59DDC8 #59B0DD #596EDD

triadic

#59B0DD #DD59B0 #B0DD59

tetradic

#59B0DD #C859DD #DD8659 #6EDD59

square

#59B0DD #C859DD #DD8659 #6EDD59

split-complementary

#59B0DD #DD596E #DDC859

monochromatic

#20719C #2A97CF #59B0DD #8CC8E7 #BFE0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#59B0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#59B0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0DD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0DD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.106 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e7',
    500: '#59b0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0dd;
$custom-light: #93c7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0DD

secondary

#E2C1B0

accent

#5618CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0DD

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

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