#59B2DC#59B2DC

#59B2DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.105 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59B2DC
RGB	rgb(89, 178, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -14.45, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 32.55, 243.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0658 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.105 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9535, 39.1288, 73.5122)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59B2DC #DC8359

analogous

#59DCC5 #59B2DC #5970DC

triadic

#59B2DC #DC59B2 #B2DC59

tetradic

#59B2DC #C559DC #DC8359 #70DC59

square

#59B2DC #C559DC #DC8359 #70DC59

split-complementary

#59B2DC #DC5970 #DCC559

monochromatic

#20739A #2B99CD #59B2DC #8CC9E7 #BEE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#59B2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#59B2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #59B2DC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59B2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59B2DC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59b2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 178, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.105 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e7',
    500: '#59b2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59b2dc;
$custom-light: #93c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59b2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72533,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59B2DC

secondary

#E1BFAF

accent

#5218CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #59B2DC

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

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