#59B2D9#59B2D9

#59B2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2D9
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 18%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -15.37, -27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 31.68, 240.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0668 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.102 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5598, 38.9713, 71.4385)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2D9 #D98059

analogous

#59D9C0 #59B2D9 #5972D9

triadic

#59B2D9 #D959B2 #B2D959

tetradic

#59B2D9 #C059D9 #D98059 #72D959

square

#59B2D9 #C059D9 #D98059 #72D959

split-complementary

#59B2D9 #D95972 #D9C059

monochromatic

#227295 #2E98C7 #59B2D9 #8BC9E4 #BDE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#59B2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#59B2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2D9

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2D9	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e4',
    500: '#59b2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2d9;
$custom-light: #93c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.281,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2D9

secondary

#E0BDAE

accent

#7442E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2D9

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

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