#59B2DA#59B2DA

#59B2DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.103 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2DA
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 218)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -15.06, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 31.96, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0665 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.103 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6902, 39.0234, 72.1256)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2DA #DA8159

analogous

#59DAC2 #59B2DA #5971DA

triadic

#59B2DA #DA59B2 #B2DA59

tetradic

#59B2DA #C259DA #DA8159 #71DA59

square

#59B2DA #C259DA #DA8159 #71DA59

split-complementary

#59B2DA #DA5971 #DAC259

monochromatic

#227397 #2D99C9 #59B2DA #8BC9E5 #BDE0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#59B2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#59B2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2DA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2DA	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.103 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e5',
    500: '#59b2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2da;
$custom-light: #93c9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2DA

secondary

#E0BEAF

accent

#511ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2DA

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

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