#59B0DF#59B0DF

#59B0DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0DF
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 223)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -12.46, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 33.89, 248.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0626 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.108 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9594, 38.4990, 75.4918)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0DF #DF8859

analogous

#59DFCB #59B0DF #596DDF

triadic

#59B0DF #DF59B0 #B0DF59

tetradic

#59B0DF #CB59DF #DF8859 #6DDF59

square

#59B0DF #CB59DF #DF8859 #6DDF59

split-complementary

#59B0DF #DF596D #DFCB59

monochromatic

#1F729F #2997D2 #59B0DF #8CC8E9 #C0E1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#59B0DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#59B0DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0DF

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0DF	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AAFE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c7e9',
    500: '#59b0df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0df;
$custom-light: #93c7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.045,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0DF

secondary

#E3C2B1

accent

#5716D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0DF

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

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