#59B2D8#59B2D8

#59B2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2D8
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -15.67, -27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 31.40, 240.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0672 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.101 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4301, 38.9194, 70.7556)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2D8 #D87F59

analogous

#59D8BF #59B2D8 #5972D8

triadic

#59B2D8 #D859B2 #B2D859

tetradic

#59B2D8 #BF59D8 #D87F59 #72D859

square

#59B2D8 #BF59D8 #D87F59 #72D859

split-complementary

#59B2D8 #D85972 #D8BF59

monochromatic

#237294 #2E98C5 #59B2D8 #8BC9E4 #BCE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#59B2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#59B2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2D8

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2D8	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)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9e4',
    500: '#59b2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2d8;
$custom-light: #92c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2D8

secondary

#DFBDAE

accent

#7343E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2D8

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

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