#59B2DB#59B2DB

#59B2DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2DB
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 18.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -14.76, -28.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 32.26, 242.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0661 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.104 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8215, 39.0759, 72.8168)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2DB #DB8259

analogous

#59DBC3 #59B2DB #5971DB

triadic

#59B2DB #DB59B2 #B2DB59

tetradic

#59B2DB #C359DB #DB8259 #71DB59

square

#59B2DB #C359DB #DB8259 #71DB59

split-complementary

#59B2DB #DB5971 #DBC359

monochromatic

#217399 #2C99CB #59B2DB #8BC9E6 #BEE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#59B2DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#59B2DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2DB

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2DB	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e6',
    500: '#59b2db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2db;
$custom-light: #93c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7249,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2DB

secondary

#E1BFAF

accent

#5219CC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2DB

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

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