#59B0E6#59B0E6

#59B0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.115 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B0E6
RGB	rgb(89, 176, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -10.28, -34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 36.40, 253.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0602 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.115 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9227, 38.8844, 80.5653)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B0E6 #E68F59

analogous

#59E6D6 #59B0E6 #5969E6

triadic

#59B0E6 #E659B0 #B0E659

tetradic

#59B0E6 #D659E6 #E68F59 #69E659

square

#59B0E6 #D659E6 #E68F59 #69E659

split-complementary

#59B0E6 #E65969 #E6D659

monochromatic

#1A73AB #2497DE #59B0E6 #8EC9EE #C3E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#59B0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#59B0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B0E6

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B0E6	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.115 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7ee',
    500: '#59b0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b0e6;
$custom-light: #94c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B0E6

secondary

#E7C7B4

accent

#5C10D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B0E6

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

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