#59B1DC#59B1DC

#59B1DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.105 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B1DC
RGB	rgb(89, 177, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 19.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -13.92, -29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 32.72, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0647 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.105 232)
XYZ	xyz(32.7553, 38.7323, 73.4462)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B1DC #DC8459

analogous

#59DCC6 #59B1DC #596FDC

triadic

#59B1DC #DC59B1 #B1DC59

tetradic

#59B1DC #C659DC #DC8459 #6FDC59

square

#59B1DC #C659DC #DC8459 #6FDC59

split-complementary

#59B1DC #DC596F #DCC659

monochromatic

#20729A #2B98CD #59B1DC #8CC9E7 #BEE0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#59B1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#59B1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B1DC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B1DC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 177, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.105 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c8e7',
    500: '#59b1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b1dc;
$custom-light: #93c8e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.695,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B1DC

secondary

#E1C0AF

accent

#5418CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B1DC

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

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